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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-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

searu-cræft

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Add Iugelera serecræftas magorum molimina .i. ingenia, An. Ox. 4090. add Hé hét geopenian þone ǽrenan searecræft (cf. hét hé gefeccan ǽnne ǽrenne oxan and þone onǽlan and þá hálgan ðǽron dón, 421), Hml. S. 30, 456. Searacræftas machinas, An. Ox. 1656

searu-mete

(n.)
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searu-mete, es; m.
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Food skilfully prepared, a dainty, delicacy Hé fylde his wambe mid searumettum, Nap. 57

segl-gird

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

seld-cúþ

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Add: strange Uppon Sc̃e Michaeles mæssan ætýwde án selcúð steorra on ǽfen scýnende and sóna tó setle gangende, Chr. 1097; P. 233, 27. various, different, not of one kind Hé forgeaf ǽlcum ðǽra wyrhtena seltcúð gereord, and heora nán ne cúðe óðres sprǽce

seld-lic

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Linked entry: syl-líc

self-cwala

(n.)
Grammar
self-cwala, an; m.
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A suicide Wé sceolan witan ꝥ nán sylfcwala, ꝥ is ágenslaga, ne becymð tó Godes ríce, O. E. Hml. i. 296, 14. Sylfcwalan and hǽðene men ne ðurfon tó þám dóme; ac hié bióð sóna fordémede, Verc. Först. 172. Sylfcwalan biothanatas, An. Ox. 7, 181

Linked entry: cwala

self-lic

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Sylflicre lu[fe] ultroneo affectu, An. Ox. 56, 110. Add

self-wille

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Sylfwille wurðmynt Gode spontanea honor Deo, Hml. S. 8, 204. Sylfwilles þeówdómes voluntarie seruitutis, An. Ox. 236: 1509. Mid sylfwillum lufum ultroneis affectibus, 1233. Add

self-willendlíce

(adv.)
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self-willendlíce, adv.
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According to one's own will or desire Hé hæfde ǽnne sunu . . . þone hé lufode swíþe líchamlíce and fédde selfwillendlíce (seolfweldlíce, selfwendlice, v. l.) filium habuit, quem nimis carnaliter diligens remisse nutriebat; he brought him up to have his

seoh-torr

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Dele, and see next word

sére-mónaþ

Similar entry: Seár-mónaþ

steór-setl

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Steórsetl pupim. An. Ox. 43, 11. Add

wæter-seáþ

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Seó stów ofer þám stæþe sumes wæterseáðes (ofer sumes wæteres seáðes ófre, v.l.) (super laci ripam), Gr. D. 113, 21. Wæs gewinnful niþer tó ástígenne tó þám wæterseáðe ( ad lacum), þonne hí sceoldon heom wæter hladan, 112, 18. Add

wéden-seóc

(adj.)
Grammar
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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