searu-fáh
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searu-geþræc
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gúþ-searo
Arms, armour
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Arms, armour, Beo. Th. 435; B. 215: 661; B. 328; Andr. Kmbl. 253; An. 127
cræft-searo
An instrument of war ⬩ a device ⬩ stratagem ⬩ machina
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An instrument of war, a device, stratagem; machina Som. Ben. Lye.
hláford-searu
Plotting against the life of a king or lord
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Plotting against the life of a king or lord Búton æt hláfordsearwe ðam hie náne mildheortnesse ne dorston gecwæðan except in cases of treason against a lord; to that they dared not assign any mercy, L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 58, 9. Be hláfordsearwe. Gif hwá
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biscop-seld
A bishop's seat or residence, an episcopal see ⬩ sedes episcopalis
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[seld a seat, residence] A bishop's seat or residence, an episcopal see; sedes episcopalis Se cyning sealde him stówe and biscopseld on Lindesfearona eá rex locum sedis episcopalis in insula Lindisfarnensi tribuit, Bd. 3, 3; S. 525, 35
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be-súpan
To sup up ⬩ swallow
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To sup up, swallow Besúp scenc fulne þæs drences. Lch. ii. 312, 25
beór-sele
A beer-hall ⬩ feasting-hall ⬩ hall ⬩ mansion ⬩ palace ⬩ cerevisiæ aula ⬩ convivis recipiendis locus ⬩ aula ⬩ mansio ⬩ palatium
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A beer-hall, feasting-hall, hall, mansion, palace; cerevisiæ aula, convivis recipiendis locus, aula, mansio, palatium In [on] beórsele in the beer-hall Beo. Th. 968; B. 482 : 988; B. 492 : Runic pm. 14; Hick. Thes. i. 135; Kmbl. 342, 5. Gesittaþ beórselas
burh-sele
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A castle-hall, city-dwelling
burn-sele
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A bath-house; balneum, Exon. 124a; Th. 477, 10; Ruin. 22
cear-seld
habitaculum mæroris,
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A place of sorrow; habitaculum mæroris, Exon; 81b; Th. 306, 10; Seef. 5
cép-setl
A toll-booth, seat of custom ⬩ telonium = τελώνιον
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A toll-booth, seat of custom; telonium = τελώνιον He geseah Leuin sittende æt hys cépsetle vidit Levi sedentem ad telonium, Mk. Bos. 2, 14
deáþ-sele
A death-hall ⬩ mortis aula
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A death-hall; mortis aula In ðam deáþsele in the death-hall, Exon. 48 b; Th. 166, 25; Gú. 1048. On wítehús, deáþsele deófoles into the house of torment, the death-hall of the devil, 30 b; Th. 94, 8; Cri. 1537: 97 a; Th. 362, 1; Wal. 30
dreór-sele
A dreary, desolate-looking hall ⬩ domus mœstĭtiæ
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A dreary, desolate-looking hall ; domus mœstĭtiæ On dreórsele in the dreary hall, Exon. 115 b; Th. 444, 20; Kl. 50
driht-sele
a princely hall
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a princely hall, Beo, Th. 974; B. 485
dryht-sele
A princely dwelling, hall ⬩ aula
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A princely dwelling, hall; aula Draca hord eft gesceát,dryhtsele dyrnne the dragon darted back to his hoard, his secret hall, Beo. Th. 4629; B. 2320 : 1538; B. 767. Wæs drihtsele dreórfáh the princely hall was stained with blood, 974; B. 485
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eorþ-sele
An earth-hall, cave ⬩ subterrānea aula, antrum
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An earth-hall, cave; subterrānea aula, antrum Eald is ðes eorþsele this earth-hall is old, Exon. 115 a; Th. 443, 12; Kl. 29. Mec se mánsceáða of eorþsele út geséceþ the atrocious spotter will seek me out fram his earth-hall, Beo. Th. 5023; B. 2515. He
gæst-sele
a guest-hall
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a guest-hall
gang-setl
A privy ⬩ latrīna
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A privy; latrīna, Som. Ben. Lye
hring-sele
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A hall in which rings are distributed or stored up, Beo. Th. 4024; B. 2010 [Hrothgar's palace]: 6008; B. 3053 [the cavern where the dragon guarded the treasure]: 5672; B. 2840