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wiþer-saca

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-saca, an; m.

an adversaryopponentenemya rebelan adversary at lawa prosecutorone who renouncesdeniesapostate

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an adversary, opponent, enemy Anticristus is on Lǽden contrarius Cristo, ðæt is on Englisc Godes wiðersaca, Wulfst. 78, 13: Homl. Th. i. 376, 16. Ǽlc ðæra ðe hyne tó cynge déð ys ðæs cáseres wiðersaca (contradicit Caesari), Jn. Skt. 19, 12. Hér sýn on

wiþer-sæc

(adj.)
Grammar
wiþer-sæc, adj.

Adverseunfavourable

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Adverse, unfavourable Hlinunge and hligiunge wiþersæc, Lchdm. ii. 258, 20

æt-samne

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Ætsamne sóhton conquirerunt , Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 19. Þá apostoli wǽron ætsomne, Bl. H. 229, 4. Raðe þæs hié wurdon bégen ætsemne (-somne, v. l.) ofslagen cum quo simul continue inter-fectus est , Ors. 6, 22 ; S. 274, 6. Þæt hié fóron ealle út ætsomne

ár-sápe

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Dele sápe . . . stillare

Linked entry: sápe

an-sæc

Similar entry: and-sacu

and-saca

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Borges andsaca (-u?) infictiatio (-tor? ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 49. 27. Add

and-sæc

(n.)
Grammar
and-sæc, n.
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Berst se teám swá wel swá hé sylf andsæc worhte . . . á bið andsæc swíðere þonne onsagu, Ll. Th. i. 290, 15-17. Ne beó hé nánes andsæces wyrðe he shall not be entitled to make denial, 288, 9. Þone þe tó nánan andsæce ne mæge, 228, 14. 'Ne mæg ic wunian

efen-sárig

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Substitute: feeling compassion or pity Þá þá hé geseah his fóstormóder wépan hé wæs sóna hire sáre efensárig ( ejus dolori compassus ), Gr. D. 97, 16. equally sorry Þá wurdon hiora wíf sárige . . . hié woldon ꝥte þá óþere wíf wǽren emsárige him ( ut

heáh-sǽl

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Nú is hire helpe heáhsǽl cumen venit tempus miserendi ejus, Ps. Th. 101, 11. Add

on-sǽge

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Láriówas áfeóllun and út gewitun of Angla lande for þǽre geleáfléste þe him þá onsǽge wearð, Cht. Crw. 19, 8. Add

sǽd-berende

(adj.)
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sǽd-berende, In a legend of the Holy Cross Seth is represented as bringing seeds from Paradise, whither he had been sent by Adam: Seth, ita edoctus ab angelo cum uellet discedere, dedit ei angelus tria grana pomi illius, de quo manducauerat pater eius dicens ei: 'Infra triduum cum ad patrem tuum redieris ipse exspirabit. Haec tria grana infra eius linguam pones, &c.' If the poet of the Genesis knew such a legend it might have suggested the epithet he applied to Seth. v. Mod. Lang. Rev. vi. 200. See, too, C. M. 1365
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His leue Seth toke of cherubyn, and þre curnels he ȝaf to hym whiche of ꝥ tre he nam ꝥ his fadir eet of Adam

sǽr-níd

(n.)
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dire need Drígiþ . . . sǽrnéd (særden is the original form) sorgæ, Beiblatt 16, 231. (?)

salt-haga

Similar entry: sæltna

sárig-ness

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Wearð hé þearle áhwǽned, and his líc for ðǽre sárignysse mid wácan hreáfe scrýdde, Hml. S. 23, 394. Add

tó-samne

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sense num="I">I. Add Hí ðá tósomne cómon æt Peonhó, and sóna swá hí tógædere fengon, þá beáh seó Englisce fyrd, Chr. 1001; P. 133, 23

yfel-sacung

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Add:: blasphemy Hé on ðǽre yfelsacunge swealt, Gr. D. 290, 2. Swá hwylc man yfelsacunge sǽde on þone Hálgan Gást, 328, 7. Wé gehýrdon his yfelsacunga, Nap. 88

sæc-dóm

Similar entry: sceacdóm

sǽd-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
sǽd-líc, adj.

Seminal

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Seminal Séd sǽdlíc semen seminalem, Rtl. 146, 17

sæm-tinges

Similar entry: sam-tinges

sæp-spón

(n.)

a chip or shaving with sap in it

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a chip or shaving with sap in it Genim geongre ácrinde hand fulle . . . sceafe ðæt gréne, wylle ða sæpspóne on cúmeolce, Lchdm. ii. 292,27