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nægel-seax

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Add: a razor Swá swá næglseax ( nouacula ) scearp þú dydest fácn, Ps. L. 51, 4. Nægelsexes tácn is ꝥ þú mid þínum scitefingre dó ofer þínne óþerne swilce þú ceorfan wille, and stráca syþþan on þín leór mid þínum fingre swilce þú scearan wille, Tech.

on-setl

(n.)
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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

sealm-sang

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add: a service at which psalms are sung, one of the seven canonical hours Sealmsonge sinaxis (cf. Professus sum monachus, et psallo omni die septem synaxes cum fratribus, Coll. M. 18, 31), Hpt. 33, 239, 18. Gebróþrum sealmsange (psalmodię) underþeóddum

sealt-ærn

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Add: [v. N. E. D. saltern.] Cf. sealt-hús

sealt-fæt

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Add: [v. N. E. D. saltfat]

sealt-sæleþa

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Eorðan wæstmbǽre on sealtsyleðan terram fructiferam in salsilaginem, Ps. Rdr. 106, 34. Add

Seár-mónaþ

(n.)
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June Séremónaþ June, Menol. Fox (at end); Hickes, i. 215. See preceding word. (?)

Linked entry: sére-mónaþ

segl-gird

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In l. 7 after 'antemnas' insert Wrt. Voc. ii. and add Segelgyrdum antemnis. An. Ox. 38, 1

seoh-torr

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Dele, and see next word

seolh-ýða

(n.)
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(?)

sére-mónaþ

Similar entry: Seár-mónaþ

steór-setl

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Steórsetl pupim. An. Ox. 43, 11. Add

wéden-seóc

(adj.)
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wéden-seóc, wédend-seóc; adj.
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Possessed by a devil, mad Sum preóst wæs mid deófle geswenced . . . þá wæs gelǽded se wódseóca (wédendseóca, v.l.) tó Benedicte, Gr. D. 135, l. Tó úrum Alýsende wæs gecweden fram þám deófla heápe þe þone wédenseócan man ofseten hæfde Redemtori nostro

wit-seóc

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Swá oft swá hé wolde ádrǽfan deófla of þám witseócum, Hml. S. 31, 1207. Add

wód-seóc

(adj.)
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wód-seóc, adj.
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Insane, mad, lunatic Þá wæs gelǽded se wód-seóca (wédend-, v.l.) man (cf. mid deófle geswenced, gedreht mid deófolseocnysse, 134, 24) tó Benedicte, Gr. D. 135, l

ymb-seón

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wæl-seax

(n.)
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wæl-seax, es; n.

A war-knifea sword or dagger used in fight

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A war-knife, a sword or dagger used in fight Hé wælseaxe gebrǽd, ðæt hé on byrnan wæg, Beo. Th. 5400;B. 2703

wamb-seóc

(adj.)
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wamb-seóc, adj.

Diseased in the stomach

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Diseased in the stomach Ða wambseócan men þrowiaþ on ðam bæcþearme and on ðam niþerran hrife. Lchdm. ii. 232, 12: 164, 10