for-sécan
to attack
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to seek with hostile intent, to attack, Add:
for-seón
to despise ⬩ hold in contempt ⬩ to reject ⬩ to reject ⬩ to refuse
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Add: to despise, hold in contempt a person or thing Hé forsiehð (-sihð, v. l.) ðá ðe him underðiódde beóð subjectos despicit, Past. 111, 13: Bt. 19; F. 68, 32. Forsiohð, Kent. Gl. 490: 1090. Forsioð, 529: 541. Forseó ðysse worulde wlence, gif ðú wille
fót-setl
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A footstool Sæt hé mid ðám cynincge æt gereorde. Þá fǽringa sáh hé niðer wið ðæs fótsetles sprǽce benumen (cf. mutus in ipsa sede declinavit, Florence of Worcester), Chr. 1053; P. 182, 21
full-secgan
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to give a full account (of). intrans. Wé wyllað nú fulsæcgan be ðám wífe, Hml. S. 3, 633. trans. Hé fulsǽde his síð him eallum, Hml. S. 4, 284
geond-sécan
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Add: to investigate Ðæt Godes leóhtfæt gindsécð (geond-, v. l.) ealle ðá diógolnesse ðǽre wambe lucerna Domini investigat omnia secreta ventris, Past. 259, 10
ge-secgan
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Take here forms under <b>ge-sagian,</b> and add: with acc. where the object denotes a collection of words, to say words, tell a tale, give a list, account, &c. Herenisse hiora gisæcge ðió cirica laudem eorum pronunciet ecclesia, Rtl
heofon-setl
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The heavenly dwelling In heofonsetle heán in sede polorum, Dóm. L. 276
heort-seóc
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Dele
heáfod-segn
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An ensign having a head (not a flag ?) Hét þá in beran eafor heáfodsegn, . . . helm, herebyrnan, gúðsweord, B. 2152-4. These are the ' feówer maðmas' (l. 1027), given to Beowulf by Hrothgar, of which the first is elsewhere (1021-2) described as 'segen
heáh-setl
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Add: a seat of honour 'Ðé is leófre on ðisum wácum scræfum þonne ðú on healle heálic biscop sitte.' Ðá cwæð hé þæt hé wurðe nǽre ðæs heáhsetles, Hml. Th. ii. 146, 30. an official seat, of a king, a throne On héghseðel Godes in throno Dei, Mt. L. 23,
hring-setl
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A circus On hrincgsetles openre wafunge in circi spectaculo, An. Ox. 3510. Rincsettles, 3535
láreów-setl
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Láréwsetle pulpito An. Ox. 7. 206. Add
liþ-seáw
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Add: — Wiþ liþseáwe and gif liþseáw sió, Lch. ii. 12, 14
milte-seóc
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Add: milt-seóc Wið miltan sáre, genim þás wyrte. . . heó þone miltseócan gehǽleþ, Lch. i. 276, 16
ofer-seón
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Add Manige óðre þe mid þám eádigan were wǽron and his líf hira eágum ofersáwon alii qui cum viro Dei conversati vitam illius ex parte noverant, Guth. Gr. 103, 47. Þonne miht ðú ofersión ealle þás eorþlican þing mens terras despicit, Bt. 36, 2; F. 174
of-seón
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Þá ofseah hé feorran ðá hǽðenan ferian án líc tó eorðan, Hml. Th. ii. 507, 16. Add
on-secgan
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add: absolute, to offer a sacrifice, sacrifice Þé þes déma hafað wítu gegearwad, gif þú onsecgan nelt, Jul. 251. (1 a) to sacrifice to a divinity, &c. :-- Ic onsæge ł ic offrige þé sacrificabo tibi, Ps. L. 53, 8. Hí ðám deóflum onsægdon and heora
seám-penig
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Add: v. Kemble's Saxons in England, ii. 70 sqq
séft-lic
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Easy, luxurious Ungemetlíce ríclic and séftlic lýf, Solil. H. 38, 3
seld-síne
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Ðearle seldséne is ðæt þá (þe) welan ágniað tó reste ónettom rarum est ut qui diuitias possident ad requiem tendunt (Scint. 183, 9), E. S. viii. 473, 33. Add