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þurh-seón

(v.)

to strain throughpenetrate

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to strain through, penetrate Ealle ða fúllnessa ðæs fúllan ofnes and ðæs þeóstran ðe mec ǽr ðurhseáh omnem foetorem tenebrosae fornacis, qui me pervaserat, Bd. 5, 12; M. 430, 6

wlite-seón

(n.)
Grammar
wlite-seón, -sín, e; f.

A sight to gaze ona spectacle

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A sight to gaze on, a spectacle; Wæs be feaxe on flet boren Grendles heáfod, and ðære idese mid, wliteseón wrǽtlíc. Beo. Th. 3304; B. 1650

wundor-seón

(n.)
Grammar
wundor-seón, e; f.

A wondrous spectacle

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A wondrous spectacle Wundorsióna fela, Beo. Th. 1995; B. 995

writ-seax

(n.)
Grammar
writ-seax, es; n.

A pen

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A pen Mið pinn ł writtseax calamo, Mt. Kmbl. p. 2, 17

ymb-seón

(v.)
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to behold, look Ic hine wolde biddan, ðæt hé sweotole ymbsáwe súð, eást and west (cf. behealde hé on feówer healfe his, Bt. 19 ; Fox 68, 21), hú wídgil sint heofones hwealfe, Met. 10, 5

Linked entry: ymb-sewen

ymb-seón

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beholding

ancor-setl

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Ancersetl vel forscip prora, Wrt. Voc. i. 48, 12. Add

ancor-setl

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Ancersetles anachoreseos, An. Ox. 3638. On ancorsetle, Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 54. On ancersetle and lífe in anchoretica vita, Bd. 5, 1; Sch. 549, 3. Wunode sum sácerd on ancersetle . . . Se hálga onette tó ðám ancersetle ðǽr hé ǽr gesæt, Hml. Th. ii. 152,

án-seld

Grammar
án-seld, Under this word for dwell in substitute
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turn to

bi-seón

(v.)

to see

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to see. l. to strain upon

be-seah

(v.)
Grammar
be-seah,
  • Dóm. L. 241
.

Similar entry: be-sencan

be-seón

(v.)

To lookattentionexpectationTo see aboutcare forattend toprovide for

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Add: intrans. To look. absolute, physical Ne beseoh þú underbæc noli respicere post tergum, Gen. 19, 17. mental Mann þe hys hand ásett on hys sulh and on bæc besyhð, Lk. 9, 62. Beseoh (respice) and gehýr mé, Ps. Spl. 12, 3. with preps. physical Beseó

blód-seax

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Blódsaex flebotoma, Wrt. Voc. ii. 108, 77. Blódseax flebotomum, Graece namque fleps, vena, tomum vero incisio nominatur, 39, 22: fletoma, 33, 73. Blódsex flebotomum, 149, 42, Sé án blódseax (lǽceíren, v. l.) ásette on míne tungan, Gr. D. 32, 24. Se ealda

cræft-searo

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Dele

ceorf-seax

(n.)
Grammar
ceorf-seax, es; n.
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A surgeon's knife, scalpel Ðeáh ðe se woruldlǽce þone gewundodan mid bærnette oððe mid ceorfsexe gelácnige, Hml. Th. i. 472, 14

dóm-setl

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Beforan dómsetle ante tribunal, Dóm. L. 123. Hé gearwað his dómsetl paravit in judicio sedem suam, Ps. Th. 9, 8. Tó dómsetlum ad subsellia, ad tribunal, Germ. 393, 61. Þæt hí on ðám micclum dóme ofer twelf dómsetl sittende beóð tó démenne eallum mannum

fore-setl

(n.)
Grammar
fore-setl, es; m.
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A chief seat, seat of honour Þá formo ræsto ł foresedlo (ꝥ ǽreste sætil, R.) primos recubitos, Mt. L. 23, 6

cyne-setl

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Cynesetl solium, Kent. Gl. 557. Ne cóm hé ( Christ ) tó ðý þæt hé wǽre on mǽrlicum cynesetle áhafen, Hml. Th. i. 82, 24. Seó sáwul is þæs líchoman hlǽfdige, and heó gewissað þá fíf andgitu swá swá of cynesætle, Hml. S. 1, 196. Add

for-seón

to despisehold in contemptto rejectto rejectto 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

(n.)
Grammar
fót-setl, es; n.
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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