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scear-wund

(adj.)
Grammar
scear-wund, (?); adj.
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Wounded in the share Gif man [s]cearwund sié .iii. sciłł. gebete, Ll. Th. i. 18, 9

Linked entries: cear-wund wund

scír

(adj.)
Grammar
scír, adj.
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Add: <b>I b.</b> morally clear, pure. [v. N. E. D. shire; adj. 4] Sceomiande man sceal in sceade hweorfan, scír in leóhte geríseð, Gn. Ex. 67. <b>II f.</b> add :-- Scírre clarior (limpida sum Titanis clarior orbe, Ald. 272, 18

séft-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
séft-lic, adj.
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Easy, luxurious Ungemetlíce ríclic and séftlic lýf, Solil. H. 38, 3

sél

(adv.)
Grammar
sél, adv.
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Add Hé gebæd for hine, and him wæs sóna sǽl (sél, v. l.); and hé hine þá genam oravit, moxque ilium melius habentem tulit, Gr. D. 247, 25. Add Næs him ealles ná þe sél þæs þe hé georne hédde, Hml, S. 23, 638

selden

(adj.)
Grammar
selden, adj.
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Rare, infrequent Seldene synd frýnd þá þe oð ende wuniað leófe rari sunt amici qui usque ad finem existant cari, Scint. 197. 18. v. N.E.D. seldom; adj.]

sellend-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
sellend-lic, adj.
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To be given; dandus Ðá ðe nǽfre gystas on húsærne onfóð, búton sellendlices gysthúses méd ǽr ápinsod sý ( nisi prius dandi hospitii merces compensetur), Chrd. 102, 1. Swá hwylce swá wénað ꝥ sóð lufu sý on anfóndlicum and sellendlicum þingum (dandis atque

seóc-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
seóc-mód, adj.
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Not strong-minded Hræce hé and snýte bæftan him, and þæt fortrede, þe lǽs hit seócmódum (infirmis mentibus) bróþrum and císum wyrðe tó wlættan, Cnid. 23, 9

seofonhund-wintre

(adj.)
Grammar
seofonhund-wintre, adj.
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Seven hundred years old Hé wæs seofonhundwintre and seofon-and-hundseofontigwintre, Gen. 5, 31

-sewen

(adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-sewen, adj.

Similar entry: for-

sícle

(adj.)
Grammar
sícle, adj.
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In bad health, sickly On .ii. nihte aldne mónan ꝥ cild, ꝥ swá bið ácenned, bið seóc and sícle (unhál, v. l. infirmus), Archiv cxxix. 21, 16

siht

(adj.)
Grammar
siht, adj.
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Drained (?) On sihtre mǽde norþeweardre, C. D. iii. 430, 29. Cf. seohhe, seohtre

sin-gréne

(adj.)
Grammar
sin-gréne, adj.
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Ever-green Ne fealð þǽr nǽfre leáf of, ac á hé bið singréne, E. S. viii. 477, 15

smeáþancole

(adv.)
Grammar
smeáþancole, adv.
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Thoroughly, searchingly Hí wǽron smeáþancole andspyrigende and geondsmeágende subtiliter indagantes, Gr. D. 344. 15

smylte

(adj.)
Grammar
smylte, adj.
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Fat (? v. smyltness; and cf. smolt pinguedo.)

sófte

(adv.)
Grammar
sófte, adv.
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Add Him bið swíðe sófte things will go very easily for him, Hml. Th. i. 164, 2. Þæt ǽlc mann drunce be þám þe hé sylf wolde and him sóftost wǽre, Hml. A. 92, 23

sol

(adj.)
Grammar
sol, (?); adj.
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Dirty Soles rugosae (Constantinus . . . matronae rugosae figuram vidit in extasi deformem fronte vetusta, Ald. 152, 22), An. Ox. 15, 3

Linked entry: solian

soþ-sprǽce

(adj.)
Grammar
soþ-sprǽce, adj.
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Veracious Sé þe wǽre twispǽcc, weorðe sé sóðspǽce, Wlfst. 72, 16 note

-sprǽce

(adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-sprǽce, adj.
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Add: v. frécnen- (?), sóþ-, unhræd-sprǽce

stǽrlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
stǽrlíce, adv.
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Historically; historialiter, An. Ox. 2, 310

steáp

(adj.)
Grammar
steáp, adj.
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Add On steápan hlinc; of steápan hlince, C. D. iii. 82, 4. For Hml. Th. l. Hml. S., and add Ne standað ná ealle steorran on ðám steápan rodore, Hex. 12, 30