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self-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
self-sceaft, es; m.
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Self-shaping, spontaneous generation, applied to Adam, who had not father and mother Adam maþelode ðǽr hé on eorþan stód selfsceafte guma a man by spontaneous generation. Cd. Th. 33, 20; Gen. 523

self-will

(n.)
Grammar
self-will, es; n. (?)
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Self-will, one's own will, free-will Be ðám ðe beóþ hyra sylfwilles ( sua sponte ) gefullode, L. Ecg. C. 17, tit. ; Th. ii. 128, 30. Be selfwille ultro, Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 27. Getǽc mé sumne mann ðara ðe ðé gesǽlegost þince and on his selfwille sý swíðost

Linked entry: self-willes

self-wille

(adj.)
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self-wille, adj.
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Voluntary, spontaneous Mid selfwilre spontanea, Hpt. Gl. 415, 11: spontaneo, volunlario, 439, 11. For ðan self-willan propter spontaneum, 413, 33

self-willende

(adj.)
Grammar
self-willende, adj.
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Voluntary Rén sylfwillendne pluviam voluntariam, Ps. Lamb. 67, 10

Linked entry: willende

self-willes

(adv.)
Grammar
self-willes, adv.
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Voluntarily, of one's own accord Selfwilles ultro, Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 74. Sylfwilles sponte, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 234, 19: ultro, Zup. 237, 2. of persons Drihten ðe on róde Selfwilles þrowode, H. R. 17, 21. Ealle hyra unlustas hí sceolon gebétan sylfwylles

Linked entry: self-will

sealt-wille

(n.)
Grammar
sealt-wille, -welle, an; f.
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A salt spring or well; hence Saltwell In saltwyllan ; of saltwyllan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 70, 24. Ða saltwælla ł of sæltwælla a saliua (translator seems to have read salina), Mt. Kmbl. P.1. 5

seám-penig

(n.)
Grammar
seám-penig, -pending, es; m.
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A toll of a penny on a load (of salt) Se wægnscilling and se seámpending gonge tó ðæs cyninges handa swá hé ealning dyde æt Saltwíc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 143, 20. Cf. statio sive inoneratio plaustrorum mentioned in connection with salis coctiones, 125

seám-sadol

(n.)
Grammar
seám-sadol, es; m.
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A pack-saddle; sagma, Wrt. Voc. i. 23, 12

Linked entry: sadol

Sear-burh

Similar entry: Searo-burh

seax-ben

Grammar
seax-ben, seax-benn,

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secg-gescére

(n.)
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sedge-shears (?), a name of the grasshopper Secg-gescére vel háman cicad[ae ], Txts. 51, 464. (?)

Linked entries: ge-scére sceár

secg-hwæt

(adj.)
Grammar
secg-hwæt, adj.
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Vigorous or bold in using the sword Se secghwata, Beo. Th. 6048 ; B. 3028

secg-leác

(n.)
Grammar
secg-leác, es ; n.
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Chive garlic, rush garlic, rush leek (v. E. D. S. Pub. Plant Names) ; allium schoenoprasum, Lchdm. ii. 128, 11 : iii. 28, 11

secg-sceára

(n.)
Grammar
secg-sceára, -scára (-scara ?), an ; m.
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A corn-crake or a quail Secg-scára ortigometra (cf. erschen ortigomera, ii. 63, 53 : edischen, 115, 67), Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 21. v. E. D. S. Pub. Names of Birds, p. 177, where bean crake, grass s

Linked entry: sceára

scir-seax

Similar entry: scear-seax

seoh-tor

(n.)
Grammar
seoh-tor, (?), seoh-torr, es; m.
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A look-out place (?) Ofer ðone cnol tó ðæn seohtore (-torre?), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 451, 14

seolh-ýða

(n.)
Grammar
seolh-ýða, (?); pl.
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The waves where the seal swims Oferswam ðá sioleða (siolýða ? cf. flóda, holma begang. Or (?) sioleþ still water. Cf. Goth. ana-silan : Swed. dial. sil still water. v. Heyne's note) bigong sunu Ecgþeówes, Beo. Th. 4723; B. 2367

Linked entry: sioleða

ge-seón

Grammar
ge-seón, <b>; X.</b>
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Ðá hwíle ðe God gesegen hæbbe ( may have seen to it ) ðæt fulwiht æt ðeosse stówe beón móte, Txts. 175, 13. Add

be-seah

(v.; part.)

looked about

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looked about, Gen. 24, 63; Similar entries p.of be-seón

bisceop-seðel

(n.)

a bishop's seat or residence, an episcopal see

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a bishop's seat or residence, an episcopal see