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seolcen

Similar entry: seolucen

eall-seolcen

(adj.)
Grammar
eall-seolcen, adj.
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Gl. 480, 62-3), 3161. v. eal-seolcen in Dict

eal-seolcen

(adj.)
Grammar
eal-seolcen, adj. All-silken; holosērĭcus = ὁλοσηρικός, Ælfc. Gl. 62; Som. 68, 92; Wrt. Voc. 40, 3.

Linked entry: seolucen

seolucen

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Seolcen bombicinum (peplum), An. Ox. 460. Seoloken toppa serica pensa, 23, 44. Swá seolcen ðrǽd, 26, 73: Hml. S. 32. 179. Add

seolucen

(adj.)
Grammar
seolucen, seolcen ; adj.
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Silken, of silk Seolcen bombicinum, Wrt. Voc. i. 39, 72. Siolcen, ii. 11, 67: 75, 74. Seolcen gegerla bombicinium, 126, 50. Seolcen áb tramasericum , i. 40, 4. Seolce[n] hnygele platum , 40, 38. Silcen serica , Hpt. Gl. 417, 37.

Linked entries: seolcen silcen

seolcan

Grammar
seolcan, v. á*-*seolcan.

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seócen

(adj.)
Grammar
seócen, (?); adj.
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Troubled with sickness On ðás seócnan (seócan ?) tíd in this time of sickness, Exon. Th. 166, 11; Gú. 1041

seolfren

(adj.)
Grammar
seolfren, seolofren, seolfern, silfren, sylofren, sylfren; adj.
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Silvern, of silver Sylofren sinc, Met. 21, 21. Glæsen fæt on seolfrenre racenteáge, Blickl. Homl. 209, 4. In seolfren fæt belúcan. Elen. Kmbl. 2050; El. 1026. Hafaþ silfren (seolofren, MS. B.) leáf, Salm. Kmbl. 129; Sal. 64. Nim mínne sylfrenan læfyl

Linked entries: seolofren silfren sylfren sylofren

seócan

(v.)
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to seek

seócan

(v.)
Grammar
seócan, p. <b>seác.</b>
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To be ill Þysum cnihte seócendum (aegrotanti) and forneáh tó his ænde gelǽddum, Gr. D. 338, 24

seolc

Similar entry: seoluc

á-seolcan

(v.)
Grammar
á-seolcan, p.-solcen

To become sluggish

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To become sluggish Ðæt seó tunge ne áseolce ne semetipsam lingua pigre restringat, Past. 275, 20

Linked entry: á-sealcan

ge-seócled

Similar entry: ge-síclian

óþ-seóce

Similar entry: óþ-sceacan

seolc-wyrm

Similar entry: seoluc-wyrm

þrǽd

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Add: — Swá seolcen ðrǽd ceu serica pensa, An. Ox. 23, 73. Traed filu, 53, 31

ó-web

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Seolcen áb tramasericum, wyllen áb linostema, Wrt. Voc. i. 40, 4, 8. See á-web. Add

hnygela

(n.)
Grammar
hnygela, [or hnigela ?], hnygele, an; m. f.

A shred, ⬩ clipping

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A shred, clipping Hnygela tomentum; seolce hnygele platum[ = placium, Som.] Ælfc. Gl. 64; Som. 69, 3, 4; Wrt. Voc. 40, 37, 38. Hnyglan putamina, Cot. 152, Lye

seoluc

(n.)
Grammar
seoluc, (-oc), seolc, es; m.
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Seowa mid seolce fæste, smire mid ðære sealfe ǽr se seoloc rotige, 56, 7-8: 358, 25. Heora wǽda sioloce siowian, Met. 8, 24. Gyf man mǽte ðæt hé seoluc oððe godweb hæbbe, Lchdm. iii. 174, 29

Linked entry: seolc

ge-seówan

Grammar
ge-seówan, ge-síwan, ge-seowian to sew.
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., and add Geseówe mid seolce, Lch. ii. 358, 25. Gesióuuid, -siówid, -síuuid sarcinatum, Txts. 95, 1763. Gesiówed consutum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 39. Gesiúwid netum, 114, 66. Gesíwid consutum, 23, 20. Gesíuuid, An. Ox. 53, 32. Geséwed (?

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