sǽl
time, occasion ⬩ a fit time, season, opportunity, ⬩ circumstance, condition ⬩ happiness, good fortune, good time, prosperity
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time, occasion Ðá becom se apostol æt sumum sǽle (on one occasion ) tó ðære byrig Pergamum, Homl. Th. i. 62, 24: 70, 23. On sumne sǽl quandoque, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 66. Heora wíse on nǽnne sǽl wel ne gefór, Ors. 4, 4; Swt. 164, 13. Ðás wyrte man mæg
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sǽlan
To happen, betide, fortune
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To happen, betide, fortune (e. g. in Spenser) Gif hié ærfeweard ne gestriónen, oðða him sylfum ælles hwæt sǽle . . . Gif him elles hwæt sǽleþ, Chart. Th. 471, 30-472, 1. Sǽlde unc on þám brocum swá unc gesǽlde (sǽlde, Kmbl.) happen what might to us in
un-sǽle
Evil ⬩ wicked
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Evil, wicked Unsǽle, gemáh improbus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 16
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sǽlan
to fasten with a cord ⬩ to restrain, repress, confine
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to fasten with a cord Hé sǽlde tó sande sídfæðmed scip oncerbendum fæst, Beo. Th. 3838; B. 1917. Wedera leóde sǽwudu sǽldon, 457; B. 226. Hwǽr wé sǽlan sceolon sǽhengestas ancrum fæste, Exon. Th. 54, 3; Cri. 863. Ymb geofenes stæþ gearwe stódon sǽlde
sæl
A hall
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A hall Ic seah rǽplingas in ræced fergan under hrófsales Exon. Th. 435, 3; Rä. 53, 2. Gæst yrre cwom, ðǽr wé sæl weardodon, Beo. Th. 4157; B. 2075. Ne gód hafoc geond sæl swingeþ, 4520; B. 2264. Hý sæl timbred (æltimbred, MS., the alliteration requires
sǽlþ
Happiness, joy, felicity, good fortune, prosperity
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Happiness, joy, felicity, good fortune, prosperity (the word is generally in the plural) Ic nú haebbe ongiten ðæt ða míne sǽlþa and seó orsorgnes ðe ic sǽr wénde ðæt gesǽlþa beón sceoldan náne sǽlba ne sint I have now seen that my prosperity and security
sǽl
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Add Genim þysse wyrte croppas, ǽrest þrý, æt óþrum sǽle fíf, æt þám þryddan sǽle seofone, æt þám feórþan cyrre nigon, . . . æt þám nigoþan cyrre nigontýne, æt þám teóþan sǽle án and twéntig, Lch. i. 214, 3-9. Gelamp on sumne sǽl ( alio tempore), Guth
sǽne
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Ic tó sǽne wæs míne leomu for ðé tó bíganne and míne teáras tó geótanne, Angl. xii. 508, 8. Þý lǽs hié for ðon ormóde wǽron and þý sǽnran mínes willan and weorðmyndo, Nar. 32, 23. Add
sǽte
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A house Ðis sindon ðá londgemǽra . . . Ǽrest úp of Sæfern on Beornwoldes sǽtan; of sǽtan on hagan geat, C. D. iii. 79, 15
sǽne
Slow, dull, sluggish, inactive
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Slow, dull, sluggish, inactive Ymb ða gýmene his écre hǽlo hé wæs tó sǽne erga curam perpetuae suae salvationis nihil omnino studii gerens, Bd. 3, 13; S. 538,19 . Ne sceal se tó sǽne beón, ne ðissa lárna tó læt. Exon. Th. 450, 16; Dóm. 88. Sǽne mód a
sælen
Of sallow
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Of sallow Sælenum salignis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 50
sælþ
A dwelling, abode
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A dwelling, abode Bare hié gesáwon heora líchaman næfdon on ðam lande ðá giet sælþa gesetena bare they (Adam and Eve after the fall) saw their bodies, they had not yet in the land dwellings appointed. Cd. Th. 48, 33; Gen. 785
sæl
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Dele 'Icel. salr a hall' in bracket, and add:
sæcc
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Sac and fæsten wǽpnu synd dǽdbóte saccus et ieiunium arma sunt paenitentiae, Scint. 43, 3. Add
sægen
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add: of a particular statement Modicum et non videbitis me, et reliqua . . . Wundrodon hí swíðe þǽre sægene, Hml. A. 73, 19. Holofernes æfter þissere segene gebealh hine cum cessasset loqui Achior verba haec indignatus est Holofernes, 107, 145. Hé cwæð