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§47; §128; §129; §163; §215; §272; §273; §306; §309; §311; §326; §534;
3. add: Hiǽ sóhtum ł soecað ðec tó stǽnenna quaerebant te lapidare,
    Jn. R. L. 8, 11.
3 a. with prep., to seek after, try to provide for
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  • Séc(e) man on cwicum ceápe ymbe mínre sáwle þearfe, swá hit beón mæge, and swá hit eác gerysne sý,

      C. D. ii. 117, 1.
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  • Hit is smeálíce and geornlíce tó séccanne (séceanne,

    v. l.) sunt subtiliter occulta perscrutanda,

      Past. 151, 11.
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with prep, to enquire about
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  • Of ðisse gé soecas bitwih iów

    de hoc quaeritis inter uos,

      Jn. R. L. 16, 19.
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  • Þǽr bið sóht fram ánra gehwylcum hwæt hé yfeles gedyde oðþe gódes,

      Verc. Först. 148, 15.
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  • Hé gelómlíce tó him cóm and hine sóhte on Norðhymbra mǽgðe

    frequenter ad eum in prouinciam Nordanhymbrorum ueniebat,

      Bd. 3, 22; Sch. 290, 20.
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  • On ealra ðǽra manna gewitnesse ðe séceað geármorkett tó Stówe,

      C. D. iv. 291, 19.

  • Ꝥ folc gewurðode þá hálgan and gelóme sóhton mid geleáfan þider. Hit gelamp þá on fyrste þá þá ꝥ folc þider sóhte tó þám micclan screfe,

      Hml. S. 35, 331-334.

  • Sécan

    frequentemus,

      An. Ox. 56, 314.
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  • Hé healdeð Meotudes ǽ. . . and gebedu séceð,

      Ph. 458.

  • Hý fæsten lufiað . and gebedu sécað,

      Gú. 781.

  • Secge wé . . . ꝥ þá beón fordóne þe ðæne drýcræft sécað,

      Hml. S. 17, 113.

  • Ðú symle furðor feohtan sóhtest,

      Vald. 1. 18.
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  • Hié Læcedemonie mid gefeohte sóhton,

      Ors. 3, 1; S. 98, 11.

  • Darius hié mid gefeohte sécan wolde,

      2, 5; S. 78, 23.
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v. þurh-sécan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “sécan.” 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/57931.

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