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wræc-síþian

(v.)
Grammar
wræc-síþian, p. ode

To be ⬩ travel in a foreign country, to be in exile

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To be or travel in a foreign country, to be in exile Ic wræcsíðige peregrinor, Ælfc. Gr. 25; Zup. 145, 19. Ðæt hine mann ásende ofer sǽ on wræcsíð tó sumum wéstene, on ðam ðe cristene menn for geleáfan fordémde wræcsíðedon, Homl. Th. i. 560, 22. Tó wræcsíðienne

samod-síþian

(v.)
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to accompany Swá hwyder swá ic mé hwyrfe, hié mé samodsíðiað ubicumque me conuertero, malorum meorum me umbra comitatur, Verc. Först. 137, 18

ge-síþman

(n.)
Grammar
ge-síþman, -mon; gen. -mannes, -monnes; m.

A 'gesith;' ⬩ comes

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A 'gesith;' comes Se gesíþmon [gesíþmon, MSS. B. H.] the 'gesith,' L. In. 30; Th. i. 122, 1

ge-síþa

(n.)
Grammar
ge-síþa, an ; m.
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a companion Gesiþa comeans, socius, Wrt. Voc. ii. 132, 47. Getreów gesíþa fida comes, 148, 73. Gesíþan comite, Angl. xiii. 369, 59. Gesíþan comitem (i, socium) (angelicae castitatis), An. Ox. 1185. Gesíðan on gangum comites gressibus, Hy. Srt. 38, 27

burh-síta

(n.)
Grammar
burh-síta, an; m.
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A city-dweller, citizen Burhsíta urbanus, Wrt. Voc. 34, 32

burg-síta

Grammar
burg-síta, (burh-).
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Dele, and see burg-wita

on-sitt

Linked entry: -sitt

síðian

(v.)
Grammar
síðian, p. ode
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To journey, go, travel Hwider síðast ðú bútan ðín*-*um bearne ? Homl. Th. i. 416, 33. Ðǽr ic síðade juxta iter, Ps. Th. 139, 5. Hé ðider síðode. Homl. Th. ii. 516, 6. Sum undercyning hine bæd ðæt hé hám mid him síðode, i. 128, 6. Ðá ðá se Hǽlend síðode

siððan

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
siððan, siððon, syððan, seoððan. [From síþ ðam ; cf. Ger. seit*-*dem.]
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adv. Afterwards, since Gé faraþ siððan postea transibitis, Gen. 18, 5. Siððon, Exon. Th. 131, 33 ; Gú. 465. Sioððan, Elen. Kmbl. 2292 ; El. 1147. Syððan ( exinde ) ongan se Hǽlend bod*-*ian, Mt. Kmbl. 4, 17. Ðá ongan hyne syððan hingrian postea esuriit

Linked entries: seoððan syððan

for-seten

(v.; part.)
Grammar
for-seten, pp. of for-sittan.

obstructed

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obstructed, Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 84, 13;

for-sæt

(v.; part.)
Grammar
for-sæt, pl. -sǽton

delayed ⬩ deferred ⬩ obstructed

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delayed, deferred, obstructed, Od. 138; Th. 173, 10; Gen. 2859: 114; Th. 150, 10; Gen. 2489;

be-sæt

(v.; part.)
Grammar
be-sæt, be-sǽton p. of be-sittan.

besieged

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besieged, Ors. 1, 14 ; Bos. 37, 15;

blód-setenn

(n.; part.)
Grammar
blód-setenn, e; f. [blód blood, setenn from seten, pp. of sittan to sit, stop]

The stoppage of blood ⬩ sanguinis profluentis restrictio

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The stoppage of blood; sanguinis profluentis restrictio

ofer-síman

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In l. 2for 13 substitute 50, 14 : ofer-sittan. Add:

be-seten

(v.; part.)

beset ⬩ circumdatus

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Th. arg. 19; Similar entries pp. of be-sittan

þǽr-uppan

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-uppan, adv.
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Thereupon Him wæs his myxen forlǽten, ðæt hé þǽruppan sittan mihte, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 200

mixen

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Him (Yob) wæs his myxen forlǽten ꝥ hé þǽruppan sittan mihte, Hml. S. 30, 200. Add

ge-sæt

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-sæt, pl. -sǽton

sat, sat down,

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Kmbl. 1732; El. 868; p. of ge-sittan

ge-lǽte

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Gif hwá gǽð út on strǽte oððe gǽð sittan æt wega gelǽtan ( in biuiis residere temptauerit ), Chrd. 61, 6. Add

gelew

(adj.)
Grammar
gelew, adj.

Yellow ⬩ bay ⬩ flāvus

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Yellow, bay; flāvus On horse gelewum sittan hýnþe getácnaþ to sit on a bay horse betokens humiliation, Lchdm. iii. 202, 29

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