wæter-frogga
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A water-frog Wæterfrocgan (ranę in aqua) hwílon hí man gesihð of wætere, and swá þeáh sécað tó fúllicum mórseohtrum, Chrd. 96, 27
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mór-seohtre
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a marshy ditch Wæterfrocgan hwílon hí man gesihð of wætere, and swá þeáh sécað tó fúllicum mórseohtrum ( in putridine paludis commorantur ), Chrd. 96, 28
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cáf-ness
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Alacrity, promptness, energy God onscunað þá sleacnysse on his ðegnum, and ðá hé lufað þe mid cáfnysse þæs écan lífes myrhðe sécað, Hml. Th. ii. 282, 4
camp-stede
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Fór campstede [MS. campsted] sécan he went forth to seek the place of battle, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 28; Met. 26, 14
mægen-þyse
Violence ⬩ force
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Violence, force Sóna ðæt onfindeþ se ðe mec féhþ ongeán and wið mægenþisan mínre genǽsteþ ðæt hé hrycge sceal hrusan sécan soon doth he find that fights against me, and with my force comes into conflict, that with his back he must visit the earth, Exon
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sigor-leán
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Sigorleán sécan, Exon. Th. 154, 29 ; Gú. 850 : 184, 14 ; Gú. 1344. Sigorleán habban, Elen. Kmbl. 1246 ; El. 623. Sigorleánum onfón, Cd. Th. 176, 27 ; Gen. 2918. Tó sigorleánum sellan, Exon. Th. 97, 14 ; Cri. 1590
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sige-leán
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Simon and Thaddeus beornas beadorófe sceoldon þurh wǽpenhete sigeleán sécan, Apstls. Kmbl. 161 ; Ap. 81. Éce líf, sélust sigeleána, Elen. Kmbl. 1051 ; El. 527
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hlútre
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Cf. hlútor; IV a) Heorte hygeclǽne hlútre blissað (-iað, Th.) þám þe sóðlíce sécað Dryhten laetetur cor quaerentium Dominum, Ps. Th. 104, 3. Add:
on-riht
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Sé ána þé áriht sécð þe ðú onriht lérst þæt hý ðé sécan omnis recte quaesivit, quem tu recte quaerere fecisti, Solil. 13, 8. Hí ne gelýfdan onriht on Críst, Hml. S. 3, 356: 309. See, too, riht; <b>III. VI.</b>
wǽg-þel
A wave-plank ⬩ a ship
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Nóe tealde ðæt se hrefn hine sécan wolde on wǽgþele, 87, 9; Gen. 1446. On wǽgþele on board, Andr. Kmbl. 3418; An. 1713. Under earce bord eaforan lǽdan, weras on wǽgþel, Cd. Th. 82, 6; Gen. 1358
dún-scrǽf
A mountain-cave ⬩ montāna cavema
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Weras woldon to dúnscræfum drohtoþ sécan the men would seek a refuge in mountain-caves, Andr. Kmbl. 3076; An. 1541
Cofer-flód
The sea of Galilee ⬩ Galilæum mare
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The sea of Galilee; Galilæum mare Ic fare on wæteres hricg ofer Coferflód, Caldéas sécan I depart upon the water's back over the sea of Galilee, to seek the Chaldeans Salm. Kmbl. 39; Sal. 20.
mæsse-dæg
A festival
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Uton sécan úre cyrcean Sunnandagum and mæssedagum frequentemus ecclesias nostras diebus Dominicis, et diebus festis, L. Ecg. P. iv. 66; Th. ii. 226, 29: Blickl. Homl. 47, 27. Be mæssedaga freólse, L. Alf. pol. 43; Th. i. 92, 1.
arodlíce
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Aredlícor ( instantius ) sécan, 258, 24. Add
twi-ecgede
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B.) handseax habebat secam bicipitem, Bd. 2, 9 ; S. 511, 15
haccian
To hack ⬩ concidere, secando comminuere ⬩ to hew, chop ⬩ to hack, hoe ⬩ to chop, cleave
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To hack; concidere, secando comminuere, Lye
ge-sacan
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In the passage ge-sécan seems a necessary emendation: ge-sacu.
sǽ-beorh
>a sea-hill
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Hú gewearð ðé ðæt ðú sǽbeorgas sécan woldes, merestreáma gemet, ofer cald cleofu ceóles neósan, Andr. Kmbl. 615; An. 308
efnan
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.), efne tó eorðan (lay flat on the ground ) ealdne ceorl; sóna þæt onfindeð, sé þe mec féhð ongeán, þæt hé hrycge sceal hrúsan sécan, Rä. 28, 8. [v. N. E. D. even; vb. 2. Cf. O. H.
rest
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Ræste sécan, bed æfter búrum, B. 139. Ðá formo hræsto primos accubitos, Lk. L. 14, 7. v. búr-, brýd-, eorþ-, ge-, líc-, undern-rest