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be-seón

(v.)
Grammar
be-seón, -sión, bi-seón; ic -seó, ðú -sihst, he -sihþ, -syhþ, pl. -seóþ; p. ic, he -seah, ðú -sáwe, pl. -sáwon; impert. -sih; pp. -sewen; [be by, near, about; seón to see]

to look about or around ⬩ circumspicere ⬩ to see, look, behold ⬩ videre, aspicere ⬩ to go to see, visit ⬩ visere, visitare

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to look about or around; circumspicere Sóna ðá hí besáwon hí, nánne hí mid him ne gesáwon suddenly when they looked about them, they saw no one with him, Mk. Bos. 9, 8. Ðá he beseah, ðá geseah he olfendas when he looked about, then he saw the camels,

Linked entries: seón be-sewen bi-seón be-seah be-sih be-sión bi-seón

mín

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
mín, adj. pron.

Mine ⬩ my

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Grammar mín, with self agreeing with the noun (see also preceding word) On mínne sylfes dóm, Beo. Th. 4301; B. 2147. Grammar mín, agreeing with self Mínes sylfes múþ os meum, Ps. Th. 77, 2. Mínes sylfes gebed oratio mea, 140, 2.

ge-sýne

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sýne, -séne, -siéne; adj.

Visible ⬩ seen ⬩ evident ⬩ plain

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Visible, seen, evident, plain Ne mihte ic hire bedyrnan mínes módes unrótnesse for ðan hit wæs on mínum andwlitan gesýne I could not hide from her the disquiet of my mind for it was evident in my face, Shrn. 41, 25: Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 30, 28: Blickl. Homl

Linked entries: ge-séne on-síne ge-síne

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,

fore-seón

to foresee ⬩ to despise

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Add: to foresee Be þám sáwlum þe foreseóð and forewiton monige wísan de animabus quae multa praenoscunt, Gr. D. 301, 14. Grammar fore-seón, = for-seón; P. 217, 7. to despise

sal-warp

Grammar
sal-warp, v. sealt-wearp.
Entry preview:

Dele this entry. The word is a river name, the Salwarpe in Worcestershire

Linked entry: sal-warp

tó-séðan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-séðan, p. de

To prove

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To prove Drihten, ðú ús sealdest gesceádwísnesse ðæt wé mágon tóséðan and tósceádan good and yfel. Shrn. 167, 3

sylla

(n.)
Grammar
sylla, ( = sella? borrowed from Latin?), an; m.
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A saddle Sylla sella, sadolfelt pella, sadolboga carpella, Wrt. Voc. i. 291, 14-16

an-sendan

(v.)
Grammar
an-sendan, p. -sende

To send forth ⬩ send ⬩ emittere ⬩ mittere

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To send forth, send; emittere, mittere Ne mǽgen hí leóhtne leóman ansendan they cannot send forth a clear light. Bt. Met. Fox 5, 10; Met. 5, 5: Ps. C. 50, 16; Ps. Grn. ii. 277, 16

Linked entry: on-sendan

bi-seón

(v.)
Grammar
bi-seón, p. -seah

to see

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

ymb-sín

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-sín, (-seón), e; f.
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Beholding, regard Clǽnum gisceáwiga wé ymbseáne puro cernamus intuitu Rtl. 35, 37

Linked entry: ymb-seón

be-súpan

(v.)
Grammar
be-súpan, p. -seáp

To sup up ⬩ swallow

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To sup up, swallow Besúp scenc fulne þæs drences. Lch. ii. 312, 25

tó-sáwan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sáwan, p. -seów

To sow broadcast, ⬩ scatter seed ⬩ to spread abroad, ⬩ scatter, ⬩ disperse, ⬩ to disseminate opinions ⬩ distribute favours ⬩ sow dissension

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To sow broadcast, scatter seed; fig. to spread abroad, scatter, disperse, of concrete objects Sume hí cwǽdon, ðæt se líchoma ðe ǽne biþ tó duste gewend and wíde tósáwon, ðæt hé nǽfre eft tógædere ne cóme, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 376. Of Noes sunum ys tósáwen

fóre-sáwe

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-sáwe, 2nd sing. p. of fóre-seón.

foresawest ⬩ prævĭdisti

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foresawest; prævĭdisti, Ps. Th. 138, 2;

tó-sendan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sendan, p. de.

to send in different directions ⬩ send away, ⬩ disperse, ⬩ scatter ⬩ to destroy

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to send in different directions, send away, disperse, scatter Áttru hit tósend venena diffundet, Scint. 105, 9. Hé tósende his geféran swilce for huntoðes intingan, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 104. Hé tósende hí geond ealne middangeard. Homl. Th. i. 232, 5 :

fóre-sendan

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-sendan, ic -sende; p. -sende; pp. -sended

To send before ⬩ præmittĕre

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To send before; præmittĕre Ic fóresende præmitto, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 41

Linked entries: fóre-sændan fór-sendan

lácnung

(n.)
Grammar
lácnung, lǽcnung (v. sealf-lǽcnung), e; f.

Healing ⬩ cure ⬩ remedy ⬩ medicine

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Healing, cure, remedy, medicine Lácnung medicamen, R. Ben: medicamentum, Hpt. Gl. 478. On gódan lǽce biþ gelang seóces mannes lácnung the sick man's cure depends on a good doctor, L. Pen, 1; Th. ii. 278, 4. Ða hé gehǽlde ðe lácnunga beþorftun eos qui

Linked entry: lǽcnung

for-sewen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
for-sewen, pp. of for-seón.

despised

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despised, Ps. Lamb. 118, 141;

Linked entry: -sewen

sǽ

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ, m. f.; sǽs, sǽes, sǽ, sǽwe, seó; ǽs, sǽ; dat. sǽm, sǽum, sǽwum.

Sea . ⬩ sea ⬩ sea ⬩ sea ⬩ a sea ⬩ a sea, lake

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Hwílon ic dó, ac seldon, for ðam micel réwyt mé ys tó sǽ, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 1-5.

deóful-seócnys

(n.)
Grammar
deóful-seócnys, -nyss

devil-sickness

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devil-sickness, Mt. Bos. 8, 33: 11, 18

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