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són

(n.)
Grammar
són, es; m.

A musical sound, music vocal or instrumental

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In efnum sónum in consonantibus Mk. Skt. p, 1, 13. Sónas tó singanne on cyricean sonos cantandi in ecclesia Bd. 4, 2; S. 565, 35

Linked entry: be-sóne

són

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Ǽlcne ðǽra hé sancg be sóne mid weorode, Ps. Th. 4, arg

són-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
són-cræft, es; m.

Music

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Music Sóncræft musicam Anglia xiii. 38, 306

són-cræft

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Sóncræft musica, An. Ox. 55, 3. Add

sócn

(n.)
Grammar
sócn, e; f.

a seeking, search, exploring ⬩ a seeking, desiring, trying to get ⬩ a seeking to obtain an end ⬩ a seeking for information, ⬩ question, inquiry ⬩ a seeking, visiting of a place, attendance at a place, resort ⬩ a seeking for protection ora place so sought, refuge, sanctuary, asylum ⬩ a seeking with hostile intent, an attack ⬩ inquisitio ⬩ the right of investigating, necessary to and a part of power of holding plea ⬩ seeking ⬩ levying fines ⬩ soca ⬩ soca ⬩ quaestio ⬩ inquisitio ⬩ an attack ⬩ an action, prosecution ⬩ an assemblage ⬩ a parish

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Gret soken hadde this meller With whete and malt of al the londe aboute Chauc.Reeve's T. 67.] a seeking for protection ora place so sought, refuge, sanctuary, asylum in a general sense Ic séce sócne refugio, of ðam is refugium sócn Ælfc.

Linked entries: fird-sócn sécan

sóm

(n.)
Grammar
sóm, e; f.

agreement, concord ⬩ the bringing about of concord, reconciliation, adjustment of differences ⬩ an agreement, arrangement of a matter in dispute

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Tó sibbe and tó sóme Chart. Th. 231, 35. Hé sceal beón symle ymbe sóme and ymbe sibbe he shall ever be engaged in promoting concord and peace L. I. P. 7; Th. ii. 312, 13.

sol

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
sol, eses; n.: solu, we, e; f.

Mire or a miry place ⬩ filthy ⬩ volutabrum

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In ða heortsole; of ðære sole iii. 380, 6. On ðæt sol; of ðan sole on ða ealdan strǽte Cod. Dip. B. i. 518, 40. Sole volutabro Wrt. Voc. ii. 97, 17. Tó sole ł fýlþe ad volutabrum Hpt. Gl. 477, 70. Seomode on sole sídfæðmed scip Beo. Th. 609; B. 302.

sól

(n.)
Grammar
sól, e; f. (?)

The sun

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The sun Ne ðé sunne on dæge sól ne gebærne per diem sol non uret te Ps. Th. 120, 6

soc

(n.)
Grammar
soc, es; n.

Suck, sucking at the breast

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Suck, sucking at the breast On ðone dæg ðe man ðæt cild fram soce áteáh in die ablactationis ejus Gen. 21, 8. [Seseȝ childer of her sok A. P. 103, 391. Taken awei fro sok, or wenyd Wick. (Isaiah 11, 8)]

sót

(n.)
Grammar
sót, es; n.

Soot

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Soot Sót fuligo, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 3; Zup. 37, 4. Sót fuligo, deorces sótes furvae fuliginis, Hpt. Gl. 504, 6-8. Soote fuligine, Wrt. Voc. ii. 36, 28. Sooth, 109, 46. Meng wið sóte, Lchdm. ii. 76, 8. Meng ðǽrtó sót and sealt and sand, i. 356, 24

sóna

(adv.)
Grammar
sóna, adv.

Soon, immediately, directly, at once

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Soon, immediately, directly, at once Sóna actutum Wrt. Voc. ii. 5, 2: 82, 70: extemplo 31, 45. Hí wǽron sóna deáde they died at once Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 22. Lege ðǽrtó, ðonne biþ hit sóna gebét Lchdm. i. 116, 13: 118, 11.

Linked entry: be-sóne

sol

(n.)

a sole ⬩ a collar of wood, put round the neek of cattle to confine them to the stelch ⬩ Sole ⬩ a rope or halter to tie cattle in the stall ⬩ soles, fetters, and shackles'

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a sole (?), 'a collar of wood, put round the neek of cattle to confine them to the stelch. "A bow about a beestes necke." Palsgrave.' Halliwell. 'Sole, a rope or halter to tie cattle in the stall,' Kennett's Parochial Antiquities.

Linked entry: sylu

sang

(n.)
Grammar
sang, song

a bed

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a bed Song ł bedd stratum, Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 15: Lk. Skt. Lind. 22, 12

sol

(n.)
Grammar
sol, a sole (?).
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Dele the explanation

sóna

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Sóna efter (statim iterum) se hona gesang, Mk. L. 14, 72. (so) soon (as) denoting 'at the very time or moment when, whenever' Sóna ic þínes suna róde geseó, ic mid þám wiðsace þissere worulde, Hml. S. 23 b, 451.

sócn

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Add Þá word mé secgendum eft óðru sócn and frignung mé is on mód becumen mihi haec dicenti alia suboritur quaestio, Gr. D. 137, 29. Þurh sócne per inquisitionem, 265, 8. v. fird-, hundred-, tó-sócn

sol

(n.)
Grammar
sol, a miry place.
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Sola uolutabra, An. Ox. 2, 314. Add

Linked entry: solu

sin-

(prefix)
Grammar
sin-, (sine-, seonu-, v. cpds.).
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The form does not occur as an independent word ; as a prefix it has usually the force ever, everlasting ; but in some cases it seems to denote magnitude, e. g. sin-here; cf. O. H. Ger. sin-vluot the deluge

Linked entry: syn-

Sol-mónaþ

(n.)
Grammar
Sol-mónaþ, es; m.

February ⬩ placenta ⬩ panibus sol ⬩ sun ⬩ mire ⬩ spurcalia

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Bede says, 'Solmónaþ dici potest mensis placentarum, quas in eo diis suis [Angli] offerebant;' but there is no word sol = placenta, unless it be found in the gloss panibus sol, Epinal Glossary, ed. Sweet, p. 21 a, 11.

Linked entries: Februarius sol

seón

(v.)
Grammar
seón, (from síhan); p. sáh, pl. sigon; pp. sigen (cf. león), seowen (v. á-seowen, Lchdm. ii. 26, 11), siwen (v. á-siwen, Lchdm. ii. 124, 14), seón (v. bi-seón. Exon. Th. 67, 13; Cri. 1088).

To strain ⬩ filer ⬩ To run as a sore ⬩ ooze ⬩ trickle

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To run as a sore, ooze, trickle Manegum men liþseáu sýhþ. Lchdm. ii. 132, 10. Ðæt se lǽce sceolde ásceótan ðæt geswell; ðá dyde hé swá, and ðǽr sáh út wyrms, Homl. Skt. i. 20, 64. Wið seóndre exe, Lchdm. iii. 70, 20.