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ge-sécan

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Add: to seek, (i) to look for an object whose position is not known, try to find Ðene ðú gesóhtes rím illum quem quaerebas numerum, Mt. p. 4, 4. Fram ðreátum gesóht wæs a turbis quaesitus, Jn. p. 4, 17. to try to get Ðe wiðerworda gisóhte (gesóhta,

ge-séman

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Substitute: the object a person. to reconcile adversaries Lǽt inc geséman ǽr ðú ðín lác bringe vade prius reconciliari fratri tuo, Past. 349, 12. Hié bǽdan Philippus þæt hé heora ládteów wǽre wið Focenses, and . . . þæt hé . . . oþþe hié gesémde, oþþe

ge-séne

Similar entry: ge-síne

ge-séðan

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Add Ic gesébe vel áfæstnie confirmo, i. astruo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 28. Geséþ conprobat, 10. to declare true, state as a fact, assert, affirm Hé geworhte twá mycle leóhtfatu swá Genesis geséð, Angl. viii. 299, 14. Geséðað contendunt, i. dicunt (eundem

ge-setl

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Add: a seated assembly Ætforan gesetle (ge-sytle. Hpt. Gl. 447, 65) ante consessum, An. Ox. 1753

gebed-sealm

(n.)
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gebed-sealm, es; m.
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A precatory psalm, psalm containing a prayer pám . xii. gebedsealmum, Lch. ii. 136, 12. Sing þás gebedsealmas Miserere mei, Deus, . . . iii. 12, 7

gewit-seóc

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Add: possessed Þǽre gewitseócan inerguminum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 7. Gif þú wilt lácnian gewitseócne man, Lch. ii. 334, 19. Forhtodon þá deófla on gewitseócum mannum, for ðan ðe hí wiston his tócyme, and þá deófolseócan sóna forhtigende wǽron, Hml. S. 31

hamer-secg

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heáfod-sealf

(n.)
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heáfod-sealf, e; f.
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A salve for the head Tó heáfodsealfe, aluwan gegníd in eced, smyre þæt heáfod mid, Lch. iii. 2, 14

heáh-seld

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Add: [seld = setl, Sievers, Gram. 196, 2] a throne Satanus wolde on heofonum héhseld wyrcan (cf. hú hé him stólgeworhte on heofonum, Gen. 273), Sat. 372. Stondað hæleð ymb héhseld, 47. an elevated platform For heáhseldum pro rostris, An. Ox. 2322. Héhseldum

lungen-sealf

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Add: — Wyrc lungensealfe, nim cost . . . . Lch. iii. 70, l

lifer-seóc

(adj.)
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lifer-seóc, adj.
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Having the liver diseased Gif se lifersióca mon blódes tó fela hæbbe, Lch. ii. 210, 7. Wyrce mon tó drencum liferseócum mannum, 212, 24. Heó liferseócum wel fremað, i. 236, 13

lof-sealm

(n.)
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lof-sealm, es; m.
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Lauds, psalms (cxlviii-cl taken together) used in the church service Þone lofsealm (laudes), þæt is, ' Laudate Dominum de celis, ' R. Ben. 36, 18: 38, 9

lenden-seóc

(adj.)
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lenden-seóc, adj.
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Diseased in the loins Þis ilce deáh wiþ lendenseócum men, Lch. ii. 248, 27. Lendenseóce men mígað blóde and sande, 232, 9

mónaþ-seóc

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mónaþ-seóc, I. add: —
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Wiþ þon þe mon sié mónaþseóc; nim mere-swínes fel, wyrc tó swipan, swing mid þone man; sóna bið sél, Lch. ii. 334, i. Mónoþseóc inerguminum (cf. deófelseócne, 4934), An. Ox. 2, 404. Man ferode . .

múþ-sealf

(n.)
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múþ-sealf, e ; f.
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A mouth-salve Gif mannes múð sár sié . . . Tó múðsealfe, Lch. ii. 48, 28

nearu-searu

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Add: An evil, mean trick . Similar entries Cf. nearu-þanc, -wrenc

on-setl

(n.)
Grammar
on-setl, es; n.
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A sitting on. Cf. setl; Hê þæt hors mid his onsetle him sylfum tô æ̂hte æ̂r gehâlgode equum juri suo sedendo dedicaverat Gr. D. 183, 16. Cf. on-sǽte

rysc-secg

(n.)
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sedge Rixseccas carices, Germ. 399, 396

Linked entry: secg

sealh-hangra

Similar entry: hangra