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winter-set

(n.)
Grammar
winter-set, es; n.

A place to stop in for the winter;in pl. winter-quarters

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A place to stop in for the winter; in pl. winter-quarters Se here... ðǽr wintersetu (-sætu, v. l.) námon, Chr. 886; Th. i. 156, cols. 2, 3

set-gang

(n.)
Grammar
set-gang, es; m.
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Setting of the sun Ofer setgong super occasum, Ps. Surt. 67, 5 : 49, 2 : 103, 19

sunn-set

(n.)
Grammar
sunn-set, es; n.
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The place where the sun sets, the west From sunsete (sunnsett, Lind.) ab occasu, Lk. Skt. Rush. 12, 54. Sunset occidentem, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 24, 27

ge-set

(n.)
Grammar
ge-set, es; n.
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See ge-sǽte

set-hrægl

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Ðonne þú setrægel habban wille, þonne plice þu ðíne ágene gewéda mid twám fingrum, tóspréd þíne twá handa and wege hí swylce þú setl gesydian wille, Tech. ii. 122, 17. Kénwolde helm and byrnan . . . and Eádgyfe his swyster . . . . i. sethrægl, Cht. Crw

ymb-sellan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-sellan, p. -sealde
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To surround; circumdare Ic ymbsylle circumdabo Ps. Spl. 25, 6. Ðú ymbseles circumdas Rtl. 76, 1. Hé mid eallum ðyssum ða burh ymbsealde ( circumdedit ), Bd. 3, 16; S. 542, 24: Ps. Th. 114, 3. Fýren wolcen ymbsealde ealle ða ceastre, Blickl. Homl. 245

be-sellan

(v.)
Grammar
be-sellan, p. -sealde, -salde, pl. -sealdon, -saldon; pp. -seald [be by, about, sellan to give]

To surround, bring oncircumdare, obducere

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To surround, bring on; circumdare, obducere Sinnihte beseald surrounded with perpetual night, Cd. 2; Th. 3, 27; Gen. 42

Linked entry: be-seald

geond-seón

(v.)
Grammar
geond-seón, p. -seáh

To see beyond or throughperspicere, in conspectu habere,

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To see beyond or through; perspicere, in conspectu habere, Beo. Th. 6166; B. 3087

a-súcan

(v.)
Grammar
a-súcan, -súgan; p. -seác, -seág, pl. -sucon, -sugon; pp. -socen, -sogen

To sucksugere

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To suck; sugere Asogen wǽre sugeretur, Cot. 193. Sina beóþ asocene [Exon. asogene] the sinews shall be sucked, Soul Kmbl. 217; Exon. 99 b ; Th. 373, 19; Seel. 111

Linked entry: a-súgan

ceáp-sceamul

(n.)
Grammar
ceáp-sceamul, -sceamel, es; m. [scamel = a bench, seat]

A toll-booth, custom-house, treasury mercatorium scabellum, telonium = HEBREW , gazophylacium = τελώνιον

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A toll-booth, custom-house, treasury; mercatorium scabellum, telonium = HEBREW gazophylacium = τελώνιον He geseah Leui, æt ceápsceamule sittende vidit Levi, sedentem ad telonium, Lk. Bos. 5, 27. Ðás word he spæc æt ceápsceamele hæc verba locutus est

Linked entry: cép-sceamol

wiþ-seón

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-seón, p. -seah, pl. -sáwon

To plot against

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To plot against (?) Hié sume heora þeówas gefreódon. . . . Ðá ofþúhte heora ceorlum ðæt mon ða þeówas freóde, and hí nolde. Ðá wiðsáwon hié ðǽm hláfordum, and ða þeówas mid him, óþ hié wyldran wǽron þonne hié cum servos suos passim liberos facerent,

tó-seóðan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-seóðan, p. -seáð ; pp. -soden

To boil to pieces

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To boil to pieces Seóð on cetele and wylle óþ ðæt hió sié eal tósoden, Lchdm. ii. 230, 8

bi-seón

(v.)
Grammar
bi-seón, p. -seah

to see

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to see, Exon. 23 b; Th. 67, 13; Cri. 1088

cyne-stól

(n.)
Grammar
cyne-stól, es; m. [cyne royal, seól a seat, stool]

A royal throne or dwelling, chief city, capitalthronus, urbs regia, arx, metropolis

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A royal throne or dwelling, chief city, capital;thronus, urbs regia, arx, metropolis On his cynestóle on his kingly throne, Exon. 25b; Th. 75, 6; Cri. 1217: Elen. Kmbl. 659; El. 330. Of cynestólum from royal seats, Exon. 96a; Th. 358, 22; Pa. 49. Constantinopolis

a-sellan

(v.)
Grammar
a-sellan, p. -sealde; pp. -scald

To expelbanishdeliverexpellererelegaretradere

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To expel, banish, deliver; expellere, relegare, tradere, Cd. 215; Th. 270, 14; Sat. 90

ge-seóþan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-seóþan, p. ge-seáþ; pp. ge-soden
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To cook in a liquid, seethe, boil. [Take here <b>ge-soden</b> in Dict.] Gedó on ceác fulne wínes and geseóþ . . . þonne hió gesoden sié, Lch. ii. 30, 23. Gáð and geseóðað (coquite) úra wyrhtena sufl, Gr. D. 201, 24. Gedó on ꝥ fæt þe þú hit

Linked entries: seóþan ge-soden

for-súcan

(v.)
Grammar
for-súcan, p. -seác; pp. -socen
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To suck up, devour [Þæt se] wemmend mid deórenum ceaflum wǽre forsocen (forgnegen) [ ut] scortator ferinis rictibus suggillaretur (i. rapietur ), An. Ox. 3343

súpan

(v.)
Grammar
súpan, p. seáp, pl. supon; pp. sopen.
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Hé gelǽhte ǽnnecalic and sealde his gingrum of tó súpenne, Homl. Th. ii. 244, 14. Hé scóf on hálig wæter of ðam hálgan treówe, sealde ðam ádligan of tó súpenne, Homl.

Linked entries: sype sypian sopa

Eást

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
Eást, adj.

EAST, easterlyorientālis

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EAST, easterly; orientālis Eást used mostly in composition as a noun, Eást-Engle East-Angles, Bd. 5, 24; S. 646, 19. Eást-Seaxe East-Saxons, 5, 24; S. 646, 19. Eást-Francan East-Franks, Ors. I, I; Bos. 18, 30: Chr. 891; Erl. 88, 3

sǽtung

(n.)
Grammar
sǽtung, e; f.

A lying in wait, plot, snare

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A lying in wait, plot, snare Sǽtunge aucupatione, Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 43. Setunge, 101, 25. Gif him þince ðæt hé feala earna ætsomne geseó, ðæt biþ yfel níð and manna ǽtunga and seara, Lchdm. iii. 168, 11. Ðonne hé foresægþ ða diéglan sǽtenga ðæs lytegan

Linked entries: sétung sǽtnung