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secg-róf

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Add: cf. stæf-róf

séft-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
séft-lic, adj.
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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

self-willes

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Add Wé sceolan beón eádmóde, wille wé, nelle wé, and hé wolde sylfwilles ús syllan ðá bysne, Hml. S. 16, 121. Scealt þú þínes unþances þone hord ámeldian þe þú sylfwilles ǽr noldest cýðan, 23, 716. Syl(f)willes ultronea (Victoria . . . ultronea spospondit

seofon-getel

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

þac-sele

Similar entry: þæc-sele

þæc-sele

(n.)
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a building with a thatched roof (?) Of ðon nyrðan gate on þacseleheal; of þacseleheal, C.D. iii. 134, 37. (?)

Linked entry: þac-sele

án-seld

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Dele note, and see geár-gemearc

á-sécan

Grammar
á-sécan, <b>. I.</b>
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Tíd ꝥ gesóhte (ásðhte, R., exquisierat) from drýum, Mt. L. 2, 16. Add

scear-seax

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

A razor

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A razor Scearsex rasorium, Wrt. Voc. i. 35, 21. Scersaex novacula, Ps. Surt. 51, 4. Scirseax, Wrt. Voc. ii. 70, 17. Scyrseax, culter, 60, 44: 15, 58. Scyrseax scearp machera acuta, Blickl. Gl. Ða sacerdas ne sceoldon nó hiera heáfdu scieran mid scearseaxum

Linked entries: scir-seax scyr-seax

weard-seld

(n.)
Grammar
weard-seld, es; n.

A guard-house

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A guard-house Weardseld excubias, Wrt. Voc. ii. 108, 1

wíngeard-seax

(n.)
Grammar
wíngeard-seax, es; n.

A pruning-knife

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A pruning-knife Wíngeardseax falx, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 76

wín-sele

(n.)
Grammar
wín-sele, es; m.

A wine-halla hall where there is feasting

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A wine-hall, a hall where there is feasting Nis hér (in Hell) wloncra wínsele, ne worulde dreám, Cd. Th. 270, 21; Sat. 94. Se wínsele (Hrothgar's hall), Beo. Th. 1547; B. 771. In ðæm wínsele, 1394; B. 695. Beóre druncne... hí in wínsele sáwle forlétan

Linked entry: wín-sæl

wil-sele

(n.)
Grammar
wil-sele, es; m.

A pleasant hall

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A pleasant hall Weorðeþ his hús (the nest of the Phenix) onhǽted, willsele stýmeþ, Exo n. Th. 212, 21; Ph. 213

gúþ-sele

(n.)
Grammar
gúþ-sele, es; m.

A war-hallhall in which warriors sit

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A war-hall, hall in which warriors sit Beo. Th. 890; B. 443

gyst-sele

(n.)
Grammar
gyst-sele, es; m.

A guest-hallhospĭtālis aula

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A guest-hall; hospĭtālis aula Éðelleáse ðysne gystsele gihþum healdaþ [MS. healdeþ] the homeless hold this guest-hall in memory, Cd. 169; Th. 212, 4; Exod. 534

hand-seax

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

A short sword, daggera short sword, dirk

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A short sword, dagger Hæfde hé twigecgede handseax habebat sicam bicipitem, Bd. 2, 9; S. 511, 15. Hæfdon handseax on heora handa habentes in manibus vomeres, 5, 13; S. 633, 16. Godes engel stód mid handsexe God's angel stood with a dagger, Homl. Th.

heáh-seld

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-seld, es; n.

A throne

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A throne Ðonne wé tó héhselde hnígan þencaþ when we intend to bend to the throne, Cd. 217; Th. 277, 21; Sat. 208:221; Th. 287, 25; Sat. 372. Ymb ðæt hálge heáhseld godes around the holy throne of God, Exon. 64 b; Th. 239, 11; Ph. 619. Héhselda wyn the

Linked entry: heáh-setl

on-sécan

(v.)

to require something (gen.) of a person (acc.)

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to require something (gen.) of a person (acc.) Ne onsécþ non quaeret, Ps. Spl. T. 9 second, 4. Ðǽr .xxx. wæs and feówere eác feores onsóhte þurh wǽges wylm then was life required of thirty-four by the rage of the wave (cf. under Similar entries á-sécan

á-sédan

(v.)
Grammar
á-sédan, á-seddan.

Similar entry: sédan