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sǽ-ostre

(n.)
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a sea-oyster Hé nǽnine óþerne mete ne þigeþ búton sǽostrum, Nar. 78, 23

Linked entry: ostre

sǽ-strand

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-strand, m. 1. n.

sǽ-weard

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Add: In a charter granting land in Cornwall the land is freed 'ab omni regali censu excepta expeditione arcisue munimine et uigiliis marinis,' Cht. E. 295. See, too, Kemble, Saxons in England, ii. 63

-sǽ-westre

(suffix)

Similar entry: for-sǽwestre

sǽ-winewincle

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-winewincle, sǽ-winewincle ?. v. winewincle, winewincla ?.

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sǽ-ýþ

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Ðeáh hine ealle séýðan nioðan cynyssende wǽron mid eallan sǽtrogan ðe hé (= se sǽ) forðbrinð, Sal. K. 84, 13. Add

salu-neb

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Add: [Cf. Icel. nef-fölr]

sám-locen

(adj.)
Grammar
sám-locen, adj.
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Half-closed Hafa þú þíne wynstran hand sámlocene, Tech. ii. 125, 7: 120, 19. Mid bám sámlocone handum, 128, 4

Linked entry: lúcan

sám-storfen

(adj.)
Grammar
sám-storfen, adj.
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Half-dead Sámstorfenne seminecem, Germ. 401, 50

sam-swége

(adj.)
Grammar
sam-swége, (?); adj.
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Harmonious Ungeswége sang diaphonia, samswége (printed sum swége) sang canticum, Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 34, 35

sam-wrǽde

Grammar
sam-wrǽde, v. un-samwrǽde,
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and sam-wrǽdness

scóm-hylt

(n.)
Grammar
scóm-hylt, e; f.
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Substitute: <b>scóm-hylte,</b> es; n. Cf. heáh-hylte

scot-lira

Grammar
scot-lira, l.
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-líra

seld-síne

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Ðearle seldséne is ðæt þá (þe) welan ágniað tó reste ónettom rarum est ut qui diuitias possident ad requiem tendunt (Scint. 183, 9), E. S. viii. 473, 33. Add

self-démere

(n.)
Grammar
self-démere, with the same meaning as self-déma, q. v.
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Sylfdémera sarabaitorum, R. Ben. I. 10, 6. Sylfdémerum sarabaitis, 11, 4

Linked entry: démere

self-wendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
self-wendlíce, under one's own direction, <b>self-wildlíce</b>
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under one's own control. Cf. wealdes

self-willes

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Add Wé sceolan beón eádmóde, wille wé, nelle wé, and hé wolde sylfwilles ús syllan ðá bysne, Hml. S. 16, 121. Scealt þú þínes unþances þone hord ámeldian þe þú sylfwilles ǽr noldest cýðan, 23, 716. Syl(f)willes ultronea (Victoria . . . ultronea spospondit

sóþ-sagol

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Se sóðsagola (verax) raciend, Gr. D. 265, 12. Of swíðe sóðsagoles ( veracis ) gesægne, 215, 6. Ꝥ secgað þá ǽfæstan and þá sóðsagolan ( veraces ) weras, 191, 15. Add

þac-sele

Similar entry: þæc-sele

þæc-sele

(n.)
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a building with a thatched roof (?) Of ðon nyrðan gate on þacseleheal; of þacseleheal, C.D. iii. 134, 37. (?)

Linked entry: þac-sele

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