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sand-grot

(n.)

a grain of sand

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a grain of sand Geríman sǽs sondgrotu, Exon. Th. 466, 6; Hö. 117

sand-hof

(n.)

a house in the sand, the grave

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a house in the sand, the grave Líc orsáwle sceal in sondhofe wunian, Exon. Th. 173, 31; Gú. 1169

sand-hyll

(n.)

a sand-hill

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a sand-hill Sondhyllas alga (cf. waar alga, 99, 69, wára sablonum, strand sablo,Hpt. Gl. 502, 76), Wrt. Voc. ii. 99, 73

Linked entry: hyll

sár-ferhþ

(adj.)
Grammar
sár-ferhþ, adj.

Sore at heart, wounded in spirit

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Sore at heart, wounded in spirit Ðæt wíf (Sarah complaining to Abraham about Hagar ) módes sorge, sárferhþ sægde: 'Ne fremest ðú riht wið mé,' Cd. Th. 135, 17; Gen. 2244

Linked entry: sárig-ferhþ

sáp-box

(n.)

a box for resin

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a box for resin Man sceal habban leóhtfæt, blácern, cyllan, sápbox, Anglia ix. 264, 22

Linked entry: box

sár-wracu

(n.)
Grammar
sár-wracu, gen. -wræce; f.

Sore tribulation

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Sore tribulation Nis ðǽr synn ne sacu ne sárwracu (sár wracu ?), Exon. Th. 201, 11; Ph. 54. Swá ðæt éce líf eádigra gehwylc æfter sárwræce sylf geceóseþ, 224, 27; Ph. 382: 274, 2; Jul. 527

sár-seófung

(n.)
Grammar
sár-seófung, e; f.

Complaint

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Complaint Sárseófunge querulosis quiðungum questibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 18-19

Linked entry: seófung

sár-spell

(n.)
Grammar
sár-spell, es; n.

A sorrowful speech, a lament

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A sorrowful speech, a lament Ic secge ðissárspell and ymb síþ spræce, Exon. Th. 458, 6; Hy. 4, 96

scegð-mann

(n.)
Grammar
scegð-mann, es; m.

A member of the crew of a scegð, a Dane, a pirate

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A member of the crew of a scegð, a Dane, a pirate Wícing vel scegðman pirata vel piraticus vel cilix, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 59. Wícing oððe scegðman (scægð-, scǽð-, sceigð-) pirata, Ælfc. Gr. 7; Zup. 24, 9. Gif man secge on landes mann ðæt hé orf stǽle oððon

scén-feld

Similar entry: scín-feld

wæl-scel

(n.)

slaughterthe slain

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slaughter, the slain Cirdon cynerófe wíggend on wiþertrod wælscel oninnan, reócende hrǽw, Judth. Thw. 26, 6; Jud. 313

Linked entry: -scel

wín-sæl

(n.)
Grammar
wín-sæl, es; n.

A wine-halla hall where there is feasting

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A wine-hall, a hall where there is feasting Wóriaþ ða wínsalo, Exon. Th. 291, 6; Wand. 78

Linked entry: sæl

heáfod-sár

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-sár, es; m.

Pain in the head

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Pain in the head, Herb. 4, 7; Lchdm. i. 90, 28

heáh-sǽl

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-sǽl, e; f.

Great happiness

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Great happiness Mínes múþes mé módes willa on heáhsǽlum hraþe gebringe voluntaria oris mei beneplacita fac, Ps. Th. 118, 108

sǽ-gemǽre

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-gemǽre, es; n.

A sea-border, coast

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A sea-border, coast Sǽgemǽro maritima, Lk. Skt. 6, 17. On ðám sǽgemǽrum, Mt. Kmbl. 4, 13

sǽ-waroþ

(n.)

the sea-shore

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the sea-shore Be sǽwaroþe and be æáófrum, Bt. 32, 3; Fox 118, 17 : Met. 19, 21

Linked entries: waroþ sǽ-faroþ

sand-hliþ

(n.)

a sand-hill by the sea

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a sand-hill by the sea Gewát him ofer sandhleoþu tó sǽs faruþe, Andr. Kmbl. 471; An. 236

west-sǽ

(n.)
Grammar
west-sǽ, f. m.
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A west sea, sea on the west coast of a country Hé ( a Norwegian ) búde on ðæm lande norþweardum wiþ ða westsǽ, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 3.

sǽ-deór

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-deór, es; m.

A sea-beast

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A sea-beast (cf. Milton's 'that sea-beast Leviathan') Hine swencte on sunde sǽdeór monig, Beo. Th. 3025; B. 1510. Hé hét his ágene men hine sændan on ðone sǽ, and ða sǽdeór hine sóna forswulgon, Shrn. 54, 27. Hý mon wearp in sǽdeóra seáþ, 133, 11.

sǽ-clif

(n.)

a cliff by the sea

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a cliff by the sea Swá fela welena swá ðara sondcorna beóþ be ðisum sǽclifum, Bt. 7,4 ; Fox 22, 27