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seofon-nihte

(adj.)
Grammar
seofon-nihte, adj.
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Seven days old Se .vii. nihta móna is gód on tó fixiane, Lchdm. iii. 178, 13. On .vii. nihtne mónan, 178, 9

seofon-stirre

(n.)
Grammar
seofon-stirre, es; n.
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The Pleiades Sifunsterre (sibun-) pliadas, Txts. 86, 762

Linked entry: -stirre

seofon-tíne

(n.; num.; adj.)
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seventeen Æfter seofentýnum nihtgerímes, Menol. Fox 50; Men. 25. Hé lyfode seofentýne gér, Gen. 47, 28. Seofontýne, Bd. 1. 5; S. 476, 7: 2, 15; S. 519, 13

seofon-getel

(n.)
Grammar
seofon-getel, es; n.
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Seven of anything Seofengetelum ebdomadibus, An. Ox. 1533

seoh-tor

(n.)
Grammar
seoh-tor, (?), seoh-torr, es; m.
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A look-out place (?) Ofer ðone cnol tó ðæn seohtore (-torre?), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 451, 14

be-sylfred

(v.; part.)
Grammar
be-sylfred, pp. [seolfer silver]

Silvered, BESILVERED ⬩ deargentatus

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Silvered, BESILVERED; deargentatus, Ps. 67, 14, Lye

pening-wǽg

(n.)
Grammar
pening-wǽg, e; f.
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A penny-weight Wið lúsum; cwic seolfor and eald butere; án pening seolfres, and tú peningwǽge buteran, Lchdm. ii. 124, 24

Linked entry: wǽg

ymb-hammen

(adj.)
Grammar
ymb-hammen, adj.
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Cf. seolfor-hammen

Linked entries: ymb-humne ymb-hwirfan

a-merian

(v.)
Grammar
a-merian, -myrian; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To examine ⬩ purify ⬩ examinare ⬩ purgare ⬩ merum reddere

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Fýre ðú us amyrdest swá swá amyred biþ seolfor igne nos examinasti sicut examinatur argentum, Ps. Spl. 65, 9. Amerodest examinasti, Ps. Lamb. 65, 9

Linked entry: a-myrian

ge-sýman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sýman, -séman. -sǽman; p. de; pp. ed

To load

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To load Se cyning ge-sýmde gold and seolfor uppan olfendas the king loaded gold and silver upon camels, Homl. Th. i. 458, 23. Ða wǽron gesýmed mid feó and mid hrægle that were laden with money and raiment, Gen. 45, 23.

Linked entry: ge-sǽman

pællen

(adj.)
Grammar
pællen, pellen; adj.
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Se cyning gesýmde gold and seolfor and deórwurðe gymmas and pællene gyrlan uppon olfendas, 458, 24. Se ríca on his pællenum gyrlum cwyþ : 'Nis se loddere mid his tættecon mín gelíca,' 256, 8.

óra

(n.)
Grammar
óra, an; m.

Ore, metal in an unreduced state

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Seolfor ðe byþ seofon síðon ámered syððan se óra ádolfen byþ, Ps. Th. 11, 7. Gedolfene óran effossa rudera, Germ. 396, 190.

a-seóðan

(v.)
Grammar
a-seóðan, p. -seáþ, pl. -sudon; pp. -soden

To boil ⬩ seethe ⬩ scorch ⬩ to purify by seething ⬩ coquere

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To boil, seethe, scorch, to purify by seething; coquere Swá man seolfor aseóðeþ mid fýre as one seethes silver by fire, Ps. Th. 65, 9.

Linked entries: a-seáþ a-soden a-sudon

a-fandian

(v.)
Grammar
a-fandian, -fandigean; p. ode, ude, ade; pp. od, ud, ad; v. a.

To prove ⬩ try ⬩ to make a trial ⬩ to discover by trying ⬩ to experience ⬩ probare ⬩ tentare ⬩ experiri

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Seolfor afandod eorþan argentum probatum terras. Ps. Spl. 11, 7: 80, 7. Afandud, Gen. 43, 23. Afanda hwæðer Freá wille make a trial whether the Lord will, Cd. 101; Th. 134, 23; Gen. 2229

god-gild

(n.)
Grammar
god-gild, -gield, -geld, -gyld, gode-gild, es; n.
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An idol He hét wyrcan gyldeno godgeld and seolfrene ... ðá abræc ðæt mægden ðæt gold and ðæt seolfor of ðǽm godgeldum he bade make golden idols and silver ... then the maiden broke the gold and the silver off the idols, Shrn. 106, 2-4: 122, 9: L.

Linked entry: god-gyld

mǽrþu

Grammar
mǽrþu, <b>. I.</b>
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Tó þám geweorce bróhte ꝥ folc gold and seolfor and deórwirþe gimstánas and menigfælde mǽrþa, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 3. 31

brýce

(n.)
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Hafa þé ꝥ seolfor tó þínes sylfes bricum argentum tuum sit, Hml. A. 96, 159. profit, advantage Bryce commodum , Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 64. Of bryc(e) compendio, lucro , Hpt. Gl. 484, 76. Hé forgeaf fæla ǽhta þám Crístenum him tó gemǽnan brice, Hml.

seldan

(adv.)
Grammar
seldan, (-on, -un, -um) ; cpve. seldnor ; adv.
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Seldon wé ǽnig seolfor fundon. Nar. 5, 15. Hwílon ic dó ac seldon aliquando facio, sed raro, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 3. Se ðe him ealneg wind ondrǽt, hé sǽwþ tó seldon, Past. 39, 2 ; Swt. 285, 18. Seldun, 9 ; Swt. 57, 16. Seldum ǽfre, Salm.

Linked entry: seldnor

ge-nyhtsum

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Wæs gold swá genihtsum and seolfor swá stánas ofer eorðan, Angl. xi. 8, 27. Syb genihtsum abundantia pacis, Ps. Th. 71, 7. [Genihtsum affatim, Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 25. v. ge-nyhtsumlíce.] Genihsumre wennę opulenti luxus, An. Ox. 11, 44.

eo

(n.)
Grammar
eo, I. unaccented, generally stands before two consonants lc, ld, lf, rc, rd, rf, rg, rh, rl, rm, rn, rp, rr, rt, rþ, x; as, Geolca a yolk, sceolde should, seolfor silver, deorc dark, sweord a sword, ceorfan to carve, beorgan to protect, beorht bright, eorl earl, beorma barm, eornost earnest, weorpan to throw, steorra a star, heorte the heart, eorþe the earth, meox dung. II. eó accented, the diphthong, generally stands before the consonants c, d, f, g, h, l, m, n, p, r, s, st, t, w; as, Seóc sick, beódan to bid, þeóf a thief, fleógan to fly, hreóh rough, hweól a wheel, leóma a ray of light, beón to be, deóp deep, beór beer, ceosan to choose, breóst the breast, fleótan to float, leóþ a song, ceówan to chew. 2. eó is also the termination of many words, and then the ó in eó is always accented; as, Beó a bee; ic beó

I shall be

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I shall be; freó free; gleó glee; seó the; seó sim, sis, sit; treó a tree; breó three, etc

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