hláford-searu
Plotting against the life of a king or lord
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Plotting against the life of a king or lord Búton æt hláfordsearwe ðam hie náne mildheortnesse ne dorston gecwæðan except in cases of treason against a lord; to that they dared not assign any mercy, L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 58, 9. Be hláfordsearwe. Gif hwá
Linked entry: hláford-swice
tóþ-sealf
A tooth-salve
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A tooth-salve Wyrc ðus tóþsealfe: ofersǽwisc rind and hunig and pipor, meng tósomne, lege on, Lchdm. ii. 52, 3. Tóþ-sealfa, 4, 5
á-sécan
to seek out ⬩ search for ⬩ to search through ⬩ explore
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Add: to seek out, search for Ácsa hine his wísena and áséc his dǽda, Ll. Th. ii. 260, 21. Ðæt seó sáwel dysi forbúge and wísdóm áséce, Hex. 40, 1. to search through, explore Hí hæfdon þá burh ealle ásóhte, Chr. 1011; P. 142, 2 note
Linked entry: on-sécan
á-seón
to look at
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to look at Nelle ic mýnes Dryhtnes andwlitan áseón, Hml. A. 190, 255
Linked entry: á-siwen
á-seón
to strain.
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to strain. Ásíh healfne bollan, Lch. iii. 20, 8, 5. Genim bollan fulne wínes, gemenge wið ꝥ and áseóhhe, ii. 288, 5. Ásíende excolantes, Mt. R. 23, 24. Ealo ǽr þon hit ásiwen sié, Lch. ii. 124, 14. Huniges ásiwenes, 184, 19. Áseownes, 26, II. Áseowones
bæþ-sealf
A salve to be used when taking a bath
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A salve to be used when taking a bath Lǽcedómas wiþ áslápenum líce and bæþsealf, Lch. ii. 12, 17: 302, 23
ban-segn
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Dele. For bansegn, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 76 read: ban ( = bandum) segn, cf. 101, 57
burg-geat-setl
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Substitute (for entry under burh-geat-setl): If burg-geat is used in the sense given under burg-geat, I. the word would mean 'jurisdiction over those belonging to the "burg," the owner's family and tenants'; if as in burg-geat, II, it would mean 'a seat
eafor-heáfod-segn
A boar-head banner ⬩ signum ad capĭtis aprīni similitūdĭnem fabrĭcātum, vel signum apri præcĭpuum
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A boar-head banner; signum ad capĭtis aprīni similitūdĭnem fabrĭcātum, vel signum apri præcĭpuum Hét in beran eaforheáfodsegn he bade the boar-head banner to be borne in, Beo. Th. 4311; B. 2152
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eafor-heáfod-segn
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burg-geat-setl
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Dele: see preceding word
be-súpan
To sup up ⬩ swallow
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To sup up, swallow Besúp scenc fulne þæs drences. Lch. ii. 312, 25
bisceop-setl
a bishop's seat or residence ⬩ sedes episcopalis ⬩ a bishopric ⬩ episcopatus
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[bisceop a bishop, setl a seat]. a bishop's seat or residence; sedes episcopalis Sæt he ðæt bisceopsetl xxxvii wintra and six mónaþ and feówertyne dagas he occupied the episcopal residence thirty-seven [of] years [winters] and six months and fourteen
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setl
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</b> an official seat of a king, judge, etc., a throne, judgment-seat :-- On swiðre sedles Godes, Rtl. 27, 33. Fore sedle before the throne, 47, 26. Ðú Scippend heofones ðú ðe on ðam écan setle rícsast, Bt. 4; Fox 6, 30. Setle solio , Wrt.
setl
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Among the cpds. dele burhgeat-, and add. 2 a. a seat that is the right of a member of an official society or body Gif ceorl geþeáh ꝥ hé hæfde setl and sundernote on cynges healle, Ll. Th. i. 190, 17. <b>I a.
sófte
Softly, gently ⬩ softly, quietly, without disturbance ⬩ calmly, at ease, without trouble ⬩ gently, not harshly ⬩ without discord ⬩ easily, without opposition ⬩ facile
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Softly, gently Sófte suaviter Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 228, 6: gradatim Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 37: pedetemtim 81, 39: sensim 120, 41. Ðone sófte langan morosam 32, 6. of sleep, rest, etc., softly, quietly, without disturbance Hé sófte swæf Cd. Th. 12, 2; Gen.
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cyne-stól
A royal throne or dwelling, chief city, capital ⬩ thronus, urbs regia, arx, metropolis
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Of cynestólum from royal seats, Exon. 96a; Th. 358, 22; Pa. 49. Constantinopolis is Créca cynestól Constantinople is the royal dwelling-place of the Greeks, Bt. 1; Fox 2, 22: Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 65, 45.
seó
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Seán, Ps. Surt. 16, 8. Sión, Kent. Gl. 177. Swylce hé hreppe ða seó mínes eágan, Homl. Th. i. 390, 15 : 516, 23. Seón pupillae , Wrt. Voc. i. 65, 8. Seóna pupillarum , Hpt. Gl. 404, 28. Sión pupillis. Lchdm. i. lxx, 6. Seóum, lxxiv, 7
a-súcan
To suck ⬩ sugere
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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
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