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segn-bora

(n.)
Grammar
segn-bora, an ; m.
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A standard-bearer ( John ) wæs segnbora ðæs ufancundan Kyninges, Blickl. Homl. 163, 22. Segnbora draconarius (draconarius vexillifer, qui fert vexillum ubi est draco depictus), i. vexillarius, signifer, Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 5.

segn-cyning

(n.)
Grammar
segn-cyning, es ; m.
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A king before whom a banner is borne Him ðǽr segncyning (Grein would read sigecyning ; but cf. (?) the passages from Bede under segn) wið ðone segn foran rád, Cd. Th. 188, 22 ; Exod. 172

segne

(n.)
Grammar
segne, an ; f.
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A seine, sean, a drag-net Næs ðiú segni tósliten non est scissum rete, Jn. Skt. Lind. 21, 11. Of suegna fiscum de saginae piscibus, Mt. Kmbl. p. 17, 6. Ongelíc segne simile saginae, Lind. 13, 47. Sendas ðæt nett ł segna mittite rete, Jn. Skt.

Linked entry: swegne

seht

(adj.)
Grammar
seht, adj.
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In agreement about the terms of a settlement, agreed wurdon sehte ðæt ða gebróðra ealle geeodon of ðam lande bútan ánum, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 195, 25.

sehtan

(v.)
Grammar
sehtan, p. te
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To bring about agreement between people, to settle a dispute Cristenum cyninge gebyreþ ðæt eall cristen folc sibbie and sehte mid rihtre lage, L. I. P. 2 ; Th. ii. 304, 12 : Wulfst. 266, 17.

sehtlian

(v.)
Grammar
sehtlian, (?); p. ode.
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to settle, bring to an agreement, settle a dispute between people (the word seems to occur only in the later part of the Chronicle) [ Ðá eodon góde men heom betwénen and sahtloden heom, Chr. 1066 ; Erl. 203, 27.

Linked entry: sæhtlian

sél

(n.)
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a season

Linked entries: sélla sýlla

seld

(n.)
Grammar
seld, es ; n.
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a seat, that on which one sits, a throne ; sedes In heofene seld his his throne is in heaven (A. V.), Ps. Surt. 10, 5 : 44, 7. Dóm gegearwung seldes ðínes, 88, 15 : 96, 2. Of dúne sette maehtge of selde, ii. p. 200, 20 : Cd.

Linked entry: sæld

seldan

(adv.)
Grammar
seldan, (-on, -un, -um) ; cpve. seldnor ; adv.
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Seldom, rarely Seldan (-on) raro, Ælfc. Gr. 38 ; Zup. 240, 12 : Bt. 16, 1 ; Fox 50, 14. Oft nalæs seldan. Ps. Th. 74, 4. seldan hit biþ, beó hit seldor on dæg ðonne seofon síðum, Btwk. 194, 11. Oft (of ? cf.

Linked entry: seldnor

seld-hwanne

(adv.)
Grammar
seld-hwanne, adv.
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Ðeáh seldhwænne leáf geseald sié sprecenne quamvis rara loquendi concedatur licentia, R. Ben. 21, 16. Heó wolde seldhwænne hire líc baðian, Homl. Skt. i. 20, 44. Seld*-*hwonne biþ ðaette áuht manegum monnum ánes hwæt lícige, Bt. 18, 3 ; Fox 64, 29

Linked entry: hwanne

seld-

(adv.; prefix)
Grammar
seld-, sel-, syl-líce ; adv.
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Th. ii. 212, 25. Syllíce hyt ðæt áttor tósceádeþ, Lchdm. i. 352, 13

seld-síne

(adj.)
Grammar
seld-síne, -sýnde ; adj.
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Ors. 2, 4 ; Swt. 76, 12. Ǽlc seldsýnde fisc ðe weorðlíc biþ, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 450, 27

sele

(n.)
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Th. 2275 ; B. 1135. But see Heyne's Beowulf, or Paul and Braune, Beiträge, 12, 31

sele-dreám

(n.)
Grammar
sele-dreám, es ; m.
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Th. 113, 6. Oft ic secga seledreám sceal onþeón, Exon. Th. 480, 13 ; . 64, 1. Goldburg ofgifan, secga seledreám, beorht beágselu. Andr. Kmbl. 3310 ; An. 1658 : Beo. Th. 4496 ; B. 2252. Swǽfon seledreámas. Cd. Th. 179, 29 ; Exod. 36 : Exon.

selen

(n.)
Grammar
selen, sellen, sylen, e ; f.
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a gift Ic ðé áfyrre fram mínre selene ðe ic ðé forgeaf, Wulfst. 258, 14. Seó góde antswaru ouer ða sélestan selene sermo bonus super datum optimum, R. Ben. 55, 9. Sylena donaria, Germ. 394, 343.

Linked entry: sylen

sele-rest

(n.)
Grammar
sele-rest, e ; f.
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A bed in a hall Hine ymb monig sǽrinc selereste gebeáh ( of Beowulf and his men when sleeping in Hrothgar's hall ), Beo. Th. 1384 ; B. 690

self-ǽta

(n.)
Grammar
self-ǽta, an; m.
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An eater of those belonging to its own species, (applied to man) a cannibal, anthropophagus Ðú scealt féran . . . ðǽr sylfǽtan eard weardigaþ . . . swá is ðære menigo þeáw, ðæt hié uncúðra ængum ne willaþ feores geunnan, Andr. Kmbl. 350; An. 175

self-ǽte

(n.)
Grammar
self-ǽte, an; f. A plant name,
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Selfǽte, eoforþrote, Lchdm. ii. 312, 15. Wyl on buteran selfǽtan, 80, 13. [Cockayne cites O. H. Ger. selbéza senecion, in. 344, col. 1.]

Linked entry: ǽte

self-bana

(n.)
Grammar
self-bana, an; m.
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One who kills himself, a suicide Selfbona bictonatus (l. biothanalus, qui mortem sibi ipsi consciscit aut qui violenta morte peril). Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 10. Selfbonan biolhanatas, 11. 69. Seolfbonan (-boran, MS.), 101, 74.

self-déma

Grammar
self-déma, selfe-déma, an; m.
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Ðæt feórþe muneca cyn ðe is wídscriþul genæmned . . . hié synt wyrsan ðænne ða sylfedéman (sylf-, MS. T.), R. Ben. 9, 10-10, 2.

Linked entry: déma