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ge-sceó

(n.)

shoes ⬩ calceamenta

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shoes; calceamenta, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 3, 11

ge-sceát

(v.; part.)

shot forward, darted,

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shot forward, darted, Beo.Th. 4628; B. 2319; p. of ge-sceótan

ge-scýt

(v.)

shoots forward, falls or is allotted to

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shoots forward, falls or is allotted to, Homl. Th. ii. 104, 9; pres. of ge-sceótan

sweor-sál

(n.)
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a collar

un-sac

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sac, (-sæc?); adj.

Free from any charge

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Free from any charge Unsac hé wæs on lífe no charge was brought against him while alive, Lchdm. iii. 288, 6

Linked entry: sac

un-sǽl

(n.)
Grammar
un-sǽl, es; m.

Unhappiness

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Unhappiness Ða deóflu wǽron on miclum unsǽlum (v. sǽl, IV, ¶), and ða englas wǽron on swíðe micelre blisse, Wulfst. 236, 26

Linked entry: sǽl

wiþer-sæc

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-sæc, es; n.

striving ⬩ opposition ⬩ contradiction ⬩ denial ⬩ apostasy ⬩ recusancy

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striving, opposition, contradiction Æt ðæs wiðersæces wæterum ad aquas contradictionis, Deut. 32, 51: Ps. Spl. 105, 31. Fram wiðersace tungana a contradictione linguarum, 30, 16. Genera mé of wiðersacum (contradictionibus) folces, 17, 45. denial Hé

Wreocen-sǽte

Grammar
Wreocen-sǽte, -sǽtan (Wrocen-) ; pl.

The occupants of the district about the Wrekin

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The occupants of the district about the Wrekin Gesta est hujus libertatis donatum anno incarnationis DCCC.LV•, in loco qui uocatur Óswaldes dún, quando fuerunt pagani in Uureocensétun, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 59, 35. In prouincia Wrocensétna, vi. 60, 2

Linked entry: Wocen-

Aro-sǽte

(n.)
Grammar
Aro-sǽte, Aro-sǽtan the name of an English people (
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district) Arosǽtna landes is syx hund hýda, C. D. B. i. 414, 26

be-seah

(v.)
Grammar
be-seah,
  • Dóm. L. 241
.

Similar entry: be-sencan

beód-sceát

(n.)
Grammar
beód-sceát, es; m. -scíte, an; f. For Cot. 136
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substitute Beód-scýte oððe beódsceát mantile, Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 52

burg-sǽta

Grammar
burg-sǽta, -séta (-seta ?) (burh-).
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Burgsétan oppidani, Wrt. Voc. ii. 64, 71. Add

corn-sǽd

(n.)
Grammar
corn-sǽd, es; n.
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A grain of corn Hé gemænigfealdað feáwa cornsǽda in unárímede wæstmas æora pauca seminis grana in innumera segetum frumenta multiplicat, Gr. D. 253, 1

Elmed-sǽte

(n.)
Grammar
Elmed-sǽte, (-an); pl.
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The inhabitants of Elmet, the ancient British Loidis, an independent district in Yorkshire Elmedsǽtan (Elmet-, Elmeth- in Latin MSS.) landes is syx hund hýda, C. D. B. i. 414, 17. Cf. In monasterio . . . quod est in silua Elmete, Bd. 2, 14

eoful-sæc

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fære-sceat

Similar entry: fere-scæt

fer-sceat

Similar entry: fær-sceat

for-scéta

Grammar
for-scéta, v. for-scít[e].

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ge-sceot

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sceot, ge-sceót
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(l. ge-sceot)

ge-sceót

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