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ge-sacan

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In the passage ge-sécan seems a necessary emendation: ge-sacu. Against the emendation ge-saca it may be noted that the other nouns in the passage, beginning, hine wiht dweleð, ' represent things (ádl, yldo, inwitsorh), and a noun of the same lind

ofer-sáwan

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Add: to sow ground with seed in addition to some already sown. v. Dict. to sow seed over other seed Cuóm feónd his and oferseów (ofergeseáw, L. ) weód in midle þæs hwǽtes, Mt. R. !3. 25

wiþ-sacan

Grammar
wiþ-sacan, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Þá cwæð him Petrus tó : Non lauabis mihi pedes . . . Hé forhtade for ðǽre Drihtnes eádmódnysse . . . Se man ána wæs ꝥte eádmódnysse wiðsóc, and hwæðere for hýrsumnysse geþafode. Hml. A. 157, 135. add: (4 a) with a negative clause Þú wást ꝥ ic

Wiht-sǽtan

(n.)
Grammar
Wiht-sǽtan, -sǽte; pl. m.

The inhabitants of the Isle of Wight

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The inhabitants of the Isle of Wight Geata fruman syndon Wihtsǽtan ( Victuarii ), ðæt is seó ðeód ðe Wiht ðæt eálond oneardaþ, Bd. l, 15 ; S. 483, 22. v. next word

ofer-sáwan

(v.)

to oversow

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to oversow: — Ðá com his feónda sum and oferseów (superseminavif) hit mid coccele, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 25

Linked entry: ofer-gesáwan

of-sacan

(v.)

to deny a chargeto exculpate

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to deny a charge Gif hwá ofsacan wille, dó ðæt mid eahta and feówertig fulborenra þegena, L. Ath. iv. 7; Th. i. 228, 3

tó-sáwan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sáwan, p. -seów

To sow broadcast,scatter seedto spread abroad,scatter,disperse,to disseminate opinionsdistribute favourssow 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

Beard-sǽtan

(n.)
Grammar
Beard-sǽtan, Beard-sǽte; pl.

The people (or district) of Bardney

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The people (or district) of Bardney Æþel-réde, se wæs ǽr cyning, wæs ðá Beardsǽtena abbud, Bd. 5, 19; S. 641, 5

ge-sǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sǽlan, to bind.
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Add: I. to bind a living creature. with a material bond Satan læg símon gesǽled (cf. rídeð racentan sal, 372), Gen. 765; to restrain, confine with non-material bonds Susie gesǽled, . . wttum gebunden, Jud. 114.

a-sǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
a-sǽlan, p. -sǽlde; pp. -sǽled [a, sǽlan to bind]

To bind fastbindastringereligare

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To bind fast, bind; astringere, ligare Synnum asǽled bound fast by sins, Elen. Kmbl. 2485; El. 1244: Cd. 100; Th. 132, 18; Gen. 2195: 166; Th. 207, 21; Exod. 470

Linked entry: sǽlan

burh-sǽta

(n.)
Grammar
burh-sǽta, an; m.
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A dweller in a city, citizen; civis

emn-sárian

(v.)

to be alike sorry, to condole condŏlēre

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to be alike sorry, to condole; condŏlēre, Som. Ben. Lye

for-sáwon

(v.)
Grammar
for-sáwon, p. pl. of for-seón.

rejecteddespised

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rejected, despised, Elen. Kmbl. 2633; El. 1318;

land-sǽta

(n.)
Grammar
land-sǽta, an; m.

a colonist

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One settled in a country, a colonist Óðres eardes landséta colonus, Ælfc. Gl. 8; Som. 56, l00; Wrt. Voc. 18, 49

ge-sadian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sadian, p. ode, ade; pp. od

To satisfy, fillsaturare

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To satisfy, fill; saturare Beóþ gesadode oððe gefyllede treówa feldes saturabuntur ligna campi, Ps. Lamb. 103, 16. Drihten ðé gesadade mid ðý sélestan hwǽtecynnes holde lynde Dominus adipe frumenti satiat te, Ps. Th. 147, 3

Linked entry: sadian

ge-sǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sǽlan, p. de; pp. ed [sǽlan to bind, tie]

To bind, tielĭgāre

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To bind, tie; lĭgāre Ða folan hý gesǽlaþ they tie the foals, Nar. 35, 11. Ðæt is se ealda feónd ðone he gesǽlde that is the ancient fiend whom he bound, Exon. 96 a; Th. 359, 7; Pa. 59. He ligeþ synnum gesǽled he lies bound with sins, 18 b; Th. 46, 12

Linked entry: sǽlan

ge-sǽman

Similar entry: ge-sýman

ge-sagian

(v.)

to say, telldicere

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to say, tell; dicere Gesaga him tell them, Beo. Th. 781; B. 388: Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 30

ge-sæltan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sæltan, pp. -sælted, -sælt

To salt

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To salt, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 13: Mk. Skt. Lind. 9, 49

un-sáwen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sáwen, adj.

Not sown

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Not sown .ii. æceras, óðerne gesáwene, and óðerne unsáwene, L. R. S. 10; Th. i. 438, 5

Linked entry: sáwan