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sín

Grammar
sín, be.

Similar entry: sí

serc

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Þes pallium þe ic werige wyle mé gelǽstan, and mín syric ne tósíhð, ne míne sceós ne tóbærstað, ǽr þan þe mín sáwl síðað of þám líchaman, Hml. S. 36, 161. Add

síd

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Add On þone sídan healh, Cht. E. 206, 26

sín

Grammar
sín, sight.
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Add: a sight, spectacle

sín

Grammar
sín, his.
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Æteúwdæ se Hǽlend sínum ambehtum, Jn. L. 21, 14. Add

galg-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
galg-mód, adj. [galg = gealh sad; mód mind]

Sad in mind ⬩ gloomy ⬩ tristis anĭmo

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Sad in mind, gloomy; tristis anĭmo His módor, gífre and galg-mód, gegán wolde sorhfulnesíþ his mother, greedy and gloomy, would go a sorrowful journey, Beo. Th. 2558; B. 1277

geómor-fród

(adj.)
Grammar
geómor-fród, adj. [geómor sad, fród old]

Old with sadness ⬩ misĕre ætate provectus

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Old with sadness; misĕre ætate provectus Ic eom geómorfród I am old with sadness, Cd. 101; Th. 134, 14; Gen. 2224

for-sáwenlic

(adj.)
Grammar
for-sáwenlic, (-saw- ?); adj.

Contemptible

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Contemptible Forsáwenlicne contemptibilem, i. despectibilem, An. Ox. 470: 935

niccan

(v.)
Grammar
niccan, to say no (v. nic),
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refuse a person something Ic bidde ðé þurch ðene Drictene gif ic ongén ne cóme ðat ðú it néfre ne lét welden míne unwynan æfter mé ðe mid unrichte sitteð ðéron, and niccað it mé éuere tó unðanke, C. D. vi. 201, 6. [v. N. E. D. nick to deny.]

Linked entry: nic

a-secgan

(v.)
Grammar
a-secgan, -sæcgan; p. -sægde, -sǽde; pp. -sægd, -sǽd [a out, secgan to say]

To speak out ⬩ declare ⬩ express ⬩ tell ⬩ say ⬩ relate ⬩ explain ⬩ announce ⬩ proclaim ⬩ edicere ⬩ effari ⬩ exprimere ⬩ referre ⬩ enarrare ⬩ annunciare

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Ðá asǽdon his geféran then said his companions, Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 86, 33. Óþ ðæt ic asecge donec annunciem, Ps. Th. 70, 17

Linked entries: a-sæcgan a-sǽd a-sǽdon

dóm-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
dóm-dæg, es; m. [dómes dæg doom's day, L. E. I. 25; Th. ii. 422, 10: Salm. Kmbl. 649; Sal. 324]

DOOMSDAY, judgment-day

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DOOMSDAY, judgment-day; dies jūdĭcii-Ǽr he dómdæges dyn gehýre before he shall hear doomsday's din, Salm. Kmbl. 545; Sal. 272. Æt dómdæge, Exon. 31 b; Th. 99, 3; Cri. 1619. On dómdæge, 99 b; Th. 372, 19; Seel. 95: Cd. 227; Th. 302, 15; Sat. 600.

cwydol

(adj.)
Grammar
cwydol, adj. [cweðan to say, speak]

Speaking, saying ⬩ dicens, loquens

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Speaking, saying; dicens, loquens

of-brǽded

Grammar
of-brǽded, Sal. K. p. 148, 22.

Similar entry: ofer-brǽdan

sæpig

(adj.)
Grammar
sæpig, adj.

Full of sap, succulent

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Full of sap, succulent Sæpig stela succulentus cauliculus, Hpt. Gl. 419, 45. [sapy or fulle 'of sap cariosus. Prompt. Parv.]

þegnest

(n.)
Grammar
þegnest, (? related to þegnian as O. Sax. thionost,
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ilcan géres fór Aldréd biscop tó Colne ofer sǽ, and wearð ðær underfangen mid mycclan weorðscipe, and him geaf ǽgðer þéneste ge se biscop on Colone and se cásere, Chr. 1054; Erl. 189, 25.

butsa-carlas

(n.)
Grammar
butsa-carlas, [bátes carlas, i. e. bát-sǽ carlas]
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Seamen, sailors; nautæ, Chr. 1066; Ing. 259, 4

helle-hæft

(n.)
Grammar
helle-hæft,
  • Cd. 227; Th. 304, 16; Sat. 631.

ge-sígan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sígan, p. -sáh, pl. -sigon; pp. -sigen [sígan to sink]

To sink ⬩ fall ⬩ set as the sun ⬩ cadere ⬩ labi ⬩ occĭdĕre ut sol

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Ðá to ðam wage geság then to the wall he sank, Exon. 51 a; Th. 178, 13; Gú. 1243

helle-flór

(n.)
Grammar
helle-flór,
  • Cd. 214; Th. 269, 9; Sat. 70.

helle-scealc

Grammar
helle-scealc,
  • Cd. 216; Th. 273, 8; Sat. 133.

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