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sealten

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See preceding word: <b>sealtere</b> a psalter

sealten

(adj.)
Grammar
sealten, adj.
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Salt, salted In ðæm ðe biþ salten in quo salietur, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 5, 13

sealtan

(v.)
Grammar
sealtan, p. seóle; pp. sealten to salt. Take here <b>sealten,</b>
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and add Ðonne þú sealt flǽsc wille, þonne twenge þú mid þínre swíðran neoþewearde þíne wynstran, þǽr se lýra þiccost sí, and dó mid þínum þrím fingrum swilcce þú sealte, Tech. ii. 125, 3

sealtere

(n.)
Grammar
sealtere, es; m.
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Sealtera cumb, 412, 24. In saltera weg; of sealtera wege, 80, 16

sealcan

Similar entry: á-sealcan

sealtian

(v.)
Grammar
sealtian, to dance. v. saltian
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sealting

(n.)
Grammar
sealting, e; f.
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Dancing Mæssepreóstas . . . ne beón an þám geférscypum . . . þǽr líchamana beóð fracodlice gebǽru mid saltingum and tumbincgum (choris ei saltationibus) (cf. sum bið swíðsnel, hafað searolic gomen, gleódǽda gife for gumþegnum, leóht and leoþuwác, Crä

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sealt

(adj.)
Grammar
sealt, salt; adj.
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Eahtoðe wæs sealtes pund, ðanon him wǽron ða teáras sealte, Salm. Kmbl. 180, 16. Sealte ýða, Cd. Th. 205, 26; Exod. 441. Sealte sǽwǽgas, 240, 9; Dan. 384. Sealte streámas, Exon. Th. 206, 2; Ph. 120. Sealte flódas, Ps. Th. 68, 14.

sealt-ærn

(n.)
Grammar
sealt-ærn, -ern, es; n.
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A salt-house, a place where salt is prepared .i. sealtern, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 64, 28. Bútan ðem sealtern and bútan ðem wioda ðe tó ðem sealtern limpþ, 66, 22. Sealtearn, iii. 426, 19

sealt

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Dó háliges sealtes fela on, Lch. ii. 344, 14. Dó on hwít sealt, 94, 8: 124, 10. metaphorical 'Ge sind þǽre eorðan sealt.' Láreówum gedafenað þæt hí mid wísdómes sealte geleáffulra manna mód sylton, Hml. Th. ii. 536, 17.

sealt

(n.)
Grammar
sealt, es; n.
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Hwylc manna werodum þurhbrýcþ mettum búton swæcce sealtes quis hominum dulcibus perfruitur cibis sine sapore salis? Coll. Monast. Th. 28, 17. Nim ácorfenes sealtes ( rock salt ) ðæt wæter ðe ðǽrof gǽþ, Lchdm. ii. 246, 18.

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sealt

(adj.)
Grammar
sealt, adj.
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Add Seó Asia on ǽlce healfe heó is befangen mid sealtum wætere búton on eásthealfe, Ors. 1, 1; S. 12, 12. Andlang strémes west ábútan þane sealtan mersc, C. D. B. i. 296, 33. Add Ðonne þú sealt flǽsc wille, Tech. ii. 125, 1

sealt-ærn

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Add: [v. N. E. D. saltern.] Cf. sealt-hús

sealt-herepaþ

(n.)
Grammar
sealt-herepaþ, a road to salt-works. v. sealtere,
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and cf. sealt-strǽt

a-sealcan

(v.)
Grammar
a-sealcan, pp. asolcen

To languishto be or become weakidleslothfulremisslanguescereremitteredesidiosum fieri

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To languish, to be or become weak, idle, slothful, remiss; languescere, remittere, desidiosum fieri Ne lǽt ðú ðe ðín mód asealcan wǽrfæst willan mínes let not thou thy mind languish [to be] observant of my will, Cd. 99; Th. 130, 30; Gen. 2167. Asolcen

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á-sealcan

Linked entry: sealcan

sealtærn-steall

(n.)
Grammar
sealtærn-steall, es; m.
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A place where there is a house for preparing salt Unam salis coquinariam, hoe est .i. sealternsteall, C. D. ii. 75, 22

sealt-bróc

(n.)
Grammar
sealt-bróc, es; m.
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A brook that runs from salt works (?) Ofsaltere*-*wellan eástriht on saltbróc; and swá ondlong saltbróces, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 206, 32

Linked entry: bróc

sealt-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
sealt-fæt, es; n.
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A vessel for salt, a salt-cellar Sealtfæt salinare vel salinum, Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 59: vas salis, 290, 23: Anglia ix. 264, 18. Se Hǽlend bestang ðone hláf on ðæt sealtfæt ðe him beforan stód, Homl. As. 163, 254

sealt-hús

(n.)
Grammar
sealt-hús, es; n.
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A house where salt is prepared (?) or sold (?); salinarium, Wrt. Voc. i. 56, 49