Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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seowian

(v.)
Grammar
seowian, seówan, siwian; p. ode; pp. od, ed. id
Entry preview:

Seowa mid seolce fæste, Lchdm. ii. 56, 7. Wǽda sioloce siowian. Met. 8, 24. Byrne, searonet seowed smiþes orþancum, Beo. Th. 816; B. 406. Golde siowode segmentata, Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 49

Linked entries: siwian supe

wág-rift

(n.)
Grammar
wág-rift, es; n.

A wall-covering, a curtain, veil (of the temple)

Entry preview:

Godweb tó wefanne of seolce wáhrift tó ðam temple, Homl. Ass. 132, 548. Ðǽr synt eác wáhriftu, sum ðe hyre wyrðe bið, Chart. Th. 538, 29. Wágryfta curtinarum, velarum. Wrt. Voc. ii. 77, 11 : 18, 6. Wáhrefta, Hpt. Gl. 430, 66.

Linked entry: wág-hrægel

god-webb

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Seolcen godewebbes bombicinum purpurae (peplum ), 461. Genim þone aeppel and hine bewind on weolcreádum godwebbe, and seóð eft mid sceáte óþres godwebbes, Lch. i. 332, 5.

Linked entry: gode-webb

reccan

(v.)
Grammar
reccan, p. reahte, rehte.
Entry preview:

to stretch, extend Wið hǽr-scearde ... onsníð mid seaxse, seówa mid seolce fæste ... gif tósomne teó rece mid handa for harelip ... cut with a knife, sew fast with silk ... if there be contraction (where the stitches are) smooth out with the hand, Lchdm

Linked entries: and-reccan be-reccan ge-reccan

gíman

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Seolcenra hrægla hí ne gímdon, Bt. 15 ; F. 48, ii. Gém-don, Met. 8, 10. non-material Hé ðisses middangeardes orsorg-nesse ne gímð prospera mundi postposuit Past. 61, 8.

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