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Óst-sǽ

(n.)
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the Baltic with the Cattegat, the water east of Denmark and of the Scandinavian peninsula as that on the western coast is called Westsǽ, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 3 Be norþan Súþdenum is ðæs gársecges earm ðe mon hǽt Ostsǽ. . . Norþdene habbaþ be norþan him

ge-sam

(prefix)

in composition, denotes together, withsimul, con

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in composition, denotes together, with; simul, con

un-sár

(adj.)
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un-sár, adj.

Not sorewithout soreness or pain

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Not sore, without soreness or pain Se teter bútan sáre hé ofergǽð ðone líchoman...; se giecða bið suíðe unsár, Past. 11; Swt. 71, 19. Gníd mid ða tóðreoman, hí beóð clǽne and unsáre, Lchdm. i. 346, 15. Ðæt geswel wyrð unsárre the swelling becomes more

Linked entry: sár

wíd-sǽ

(n.)
Grammar
wíd-sǽ, f. m.
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Open sea, ocean Ðeós wídsǽ pelagus, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Zup. 28, 21 : 13 ; Zup. 84, 1: Wrt. Voc. i. 70, 14. Him wæs á widsǽon ðæt bæcbord, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 27: 19, 26. Fǽmendre wfdsǽ spumantis pelagi, Hpt. Gl. 409, 69. Wídsǽs cataclismi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23

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. Hí ( the Saxons in Britain) hergodon fram eástsǽ óð westsǽ (ab orientali mari usque ad occidentale ), Bd. 1, 15 ; S.

eást-sǽ

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Eástsǽ mare eoum, Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 65. Add

ge-sár

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sár, es; n..
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Pain, soreness Wið þǽra gewealda gesár oððe geswell Lch. i. 94, 22

heáfod-sár

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Wið heáfudsáre, Lch. i. 300, 6. Wið heáfodsár (-ece, v. l. ), 212, 25. Add: —

sǽ-bróga

(n.)
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sǽ-bróga, an ; m.
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A sea-terror Ðeáh hine ealle séýðan nioðan cnyssende wǽron mid eallan sǽbrógan ðe hé (se sǽ, cf. Verc. Först. 110, 12) forðbrinð, Sal. K. 84, 13

sǽ-clif

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On þám lengestan treówe ufeweardum þe ofer sǽ standeð on þám hýhstan sǽclife, Verc. Först, 110, 6. Swilce hé wylle weorþan uppe on sumum sǽclife, Solil. H. 45, 18. Add

sǽ-fisc

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Sǽfisce ł hrane ballena, An. Ox. 23, 48. Habbað eów anweald ofer sǽfyxum (cf. þǽre sǽ fixas, Gen. 1, 28), Hex. 20, 5. Ne þicgen hié fenfixas ne sǽfixas, Lch. ii. 254, 22. Add

sǽ-flód

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Add Hér is seó endebyrdnes mónan gonges and sǽflódes. On ðreóra nihta ealdne mónan wanað se sǽflód oþ ꝥ se móna bið .xi. nihta eald. Of xi. níhta ealdum mónan weaxeð se sǽflód oþ .xviii. nihta ealdum mónan, Angl. xi. 6, § 5

sǽ-hund

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-hund, es; m.
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A sea-hound Scilla ðet is sǽhund gecweden, An. Ox. 26, 61

sǽ-minte

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Seómint altea vel eviscus, Wrt. Voc. i. 32, 12. Add

Linked entry: seó-mint

sǽ-scill

(n.)
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a sea-shell Hé wæs nacod and on carcern onsænded, and þǽr wæs understregd mid sǽscellum and mid scearpum stánum (cf. mittitur in carcerem ubi . . . fragmenta testarum subter eum sternebantur, Bede's Life of Felix), Shrn. 51, 13

sǽ-steorra

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-steorra, an; m.
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A star which guides mariners at sea; stella maris, a title given to the Virgin Mary, from the erroneous belief that it expressed the etymological meaning of the Hebrew name Miriam, Mary Nú is hyre nama gereht . . . sǽsteorra . . . Sǽsteorra heó is gecweden

sǽ-troh

Similar entry: trog

sǽ-waroþ

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Sǽwaroþa (swá waroþa, MS. but cf. Dan. 323) sond, Az. 39. Add

sal-warp

Grammar
sal-warp, v. sealt-wearp.
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Dele this entry. The word is a river name, the Salwarpe in Worcestershire

Linked entry: sal-warp

sám-cwic

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Hé Smaragdum forðférendne geseah, and Pafnuntium sámcwicne on eorðan licgan, Hml. S. 33, 302. Mid flánum ofscotene, mid wǽpnum ofsette, hí heora burh sámcuce (cf. healfcwice, Bl. H. 203, 19) gesóhton, Hml. Th. i. 506, 2. Add