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séman

  • verb [ weak ]
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séman, p. de; pp. ed.
with acc. of person,
to bring to an agreement those who have a dispute
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  • Ðá hét hé hié séman. Ðá wæs ic ðara monna sum ðe ðǽrtó genemned wǽran . . . Ðá wé hié sémdan

    then bade the king to bring them (the parties in a dispute about some land) to an agreement. Then was I one of the men who were nominated for the purpose . . . When we had brought them to an agreement.

    • Chart. Th. 170, 6-35
      • .
to satisfy a person in a matter of doubt or difficulty
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  • Séme ic ðé recene ymb ða wrætlícan wiht,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 504
      • ;
    • Sal. 252
      • .
with acc. of thing, to settle a dispute
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  • Hí sace sémaþ, sibbe gelǽraþ,

    • Exon. Th. 334, 22
      • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 20
      • .
used intransitively, to arbitrate, bring about agreement
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  • Nán sacu ðe betweox preóstan sí ne beó gescoten tó worldmanna sóme, ac séman and sibbian heora ágene geféran,

    • L. Edg. C. 7
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    • Th. ii. 246, 6
      • .

  • Gif hé healt weorð, ðǽr mótan freónd séman,

    • L. Ethb. 65
      • ;
    • Th. i. 18, 14
      • .
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v. geséman; sóm.
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v.  sémend.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “séman.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/27420.

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