Seax-
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in proper names Sigeferþ Seaxing, Seaxa Sledding ( in a list of East Saxon kings ), Txts. 179, 23. Cf. Icel. Járn-Saxa = iron-chopper, the name of an ogress in the Edda. Ðá féng tó Eást-Seaxna ríce Swíþhelm Seaxbaldes suna, Bd. 3, 22; S. 553, 42.
sécan
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To seek. to try to find, to look for, make search for Ic séce míne gebróðru fratres meos quaero, Gen. 37, 16. Hwæne sécst ðú? Jn. Skt. 20, 15. Se ðe sécþ, hé hyt fint, Mt. Kmbl. 7, 8. Hwæðer gé willen on wuda sécan gold ðæt reáde? . . .
secg
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Gr. 9, 61; Zup. 69, 16. Segg, secg, saecg gladiolum, Txts. 66, 463. Sech carex, 50, 251. Seic, 115, 151. Secg, Wrt. Voc. ii. 13, 28. Segc, i. 79, 65. Segg, 67, 3. Secg gladiolum, ii. 40, 70. Segc, 70, 29. Secgg, i. 67, 55.
secg
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vel mare, Txts. 95, 1786. Segg, seg salum, 98, 966. Segc, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 37
secg
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A sword Wit sculon secge ofersettan, gif hé gesécean dear wíg ofer wǽpen, Beo. Th. 1372 ; B. 684. Secgum ofslegene, Cd. Th. 120, 27 ; Gen. 2001. [Cf. Icel. ] Cf. secg sedge, and sagu; and see secg-hwæt, -plega
secga
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One who says or tells, an informant Ne ic nán sóðre wát, búte swá mín secga mé sǽde, L. O. 4 ; Th. i. 180, 12
secgend
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A speaker, relater, narrator Nǽnig tweógende secgend mé ðis sǽde non quilibet dubius relator hoc mihi narravit, Bd. 3, 15 ; S. 542, 7. Sió leásung simle deret ðǽm secggendum. Past. 35, 1 ; Swt. 237, 10
secg-gescére
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, a name of the grasshopper Secg-gescére vel háman cicad[ae ], Txts. 51, 464. (?)
secg-hwæt
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Vigorous or bold in using the sword Se secghwata, Beo. Th. 6048 ; B. 3028
secg-leác
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Chive garlic, rush garlic, rush leek (v. E. D. S. Pub. Plant Names) ; allium schoenoprasum, Lchdm. ii. 128, 11 : iii. 28, 11
secg-sceára
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A corn-crake or a quail Secg-scára ortigometra (cf. erschen ortigomera, ii. 63, 53 : edischen, 115, 67), Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 21. v. E. D. S. Pub. Names of Birds, p. 177, where bean crake, grass s
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séde
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to sow, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 13, 3
Sedlingas
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Aethiopia, Ps. Spl. T. 67, 34. (?)
sefa
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Understanding, mind, heart Sefa sensus (cf. gewit sensus , 42, 35), Wrt. Voc. i. 64, 17 : 282, 27. Sefa nearwode ( of Noah when drunk ), Cd. Th. 94, 32 ; Gen. 1570.
seglan
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To sail Ðá hé hámweard seglde, Ors. 4, 10 ; Swt. 202, 1. Hé siglde ðá eást be lande, 1, 1 ; Swt. 17, 16. Se sciphere sigelede (seglode, MS. E.) west ymbútan, Chr. 877 ; Erl. 78, 17. Hé hys segl up áhóf, and swýðe forð seglode, St. And. 38, 33.
segl-bósm
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The swelling out of a sail, sail swelled out by the wind Seglbósm carbasus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 13, 57 : 103, 28 : carbasus, tumor veli, 128, 53. Seglbósmas carbasa, vela navium, 54 : carbasa, 88, 24
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segl-gird
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Fox 509 ; Gn. C. 25. Ða twegen endas ðære seglgyrde cornua, Wrt. Voc. i. 56, 40 : 48, 18. Segelgyrda antennarum, ii. 5, 41 : 88, 25. Segelgyrdena, mæsta antennarum, Hpt. Gl. 529, 18.
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segn-berend
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One bearing a standard (or crest ?), a warrior Ne mæg mec oferswíðan segnberendra ǽnig ofer eorþan, nymþe se ána God, Exon. Th. 423, 13 ; Rä. 41, 20. v. next word