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self-líce

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
self-líce, es; n.
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Bt. 3, 4; Fox 6, 25

Linked entries: -líce -líce

self-myrþe

(adj.)
Grammar
self-myrþe, (?); adj.
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Voc. ii. 80, 2. v. next word

Linked entry: -myrþe

self-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
self-sceaft, es; m.
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Self-shaping, spontaneous generation, applied to Adam, who had not father and mother Adam maþelode ðǽr hé on eorþan stód selfsceafte guma a man by spontaneous generation. Cd. Th. 33, 20; Gen. 523

self-will

(n.)
Grammar
self-will, es; n. (?)
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Self-will, one's own will, free-will Be ðám ðe beóþ hyra sylfwilles ( sua sponte ) gefullode, L. Ecg. C. 17, tit. ; Th. ii. 128, 30. Be selfwille ultro, Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 27.

Linked entry: self-willes

self-willes

(adv.)
Grammar
self-willes, adv.
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Voluntarily, of one's own accord Selfwilles ultro, Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 74. Sylfwilles sponte, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 234, 19: ultro, Zup. 237, 2. of persons Drihten ðe on róde Selfwilles þrowode, H. R. 17, 21.

Linked entry: self-will

sellan

(v.)
Grammar
sellan, sillan, sylian; p. salde, sealde; pp. sald, seald
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To give something (acc.) to somebody (dat. ). of voluntary giving, to put. into the possession of a person, transfer ownership from one to another Ic sello Werburge ðás lond, Chart. Th. 480, 30: 481, 5. Ðæt land ic sylle eów tó ágenne, Ex. 6, 8.

Linked entries: seald sillan a-sellan feoh syllan

sellend

(n.)
Grammar
sellend, es
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; m. a giver God gódra mægna sellend ( dator ), Rtl. 103, 36. Sigora sellend ( the Deity ), Exon. Th. 282, 24; Jul. 668; 359, 10; Pa. 64. Syllend, 284, 30; Jul. 705.

Linked entry: syllend

séma

(n.)
Grammar
séma, an ; m.
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An arbitrator, umpire Séma (sýma, síma) sequester, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 18 ; Zup. 43, 16

Linked entry: sýma

sémend

(n.)
Grammar
sémend, sǽmend, es; m.
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One who brings about agreement between parties in a dispute, an arbitrator, umpire Ðæt hý ealle gemǽnum handum of ǽgðere mǽgþe on ánum wǽpne ðam sémende syllan, ðæt cyninges munde stande, L. E. G. 12 ; Th. i. 174, 22.

Linked entry: sǽmend

senatus

(n.)
Grammar
senatus, the senate, senators. The treatment of this word in the translation of Orosius is somewhat exceptional. The Latin form senatus occurs in the nom. and acc. , but in the former senatas, senatum, and in the latter senatum, senatos are also used; in the gen. senatuses, senatusa are found, and in the dat. senatum; in every case but one (?) the word is plural. The Latin senator is also used, though the word
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witan is generally employed to denote the senators Sceoldon ealle hiera senatus (senatas, Bos. 43, 5) cuman . . . sceoldon hiera senatus (-as) rídan, . Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 70, 24, 28. Ealle heora senatus senatores, 4, 9 ; Swt. 190, 19.

sendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
sendlíc, adj.
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To be sent Ða sendlícan gebroðra on wege dirigendi fratres in viam , R. Ben. Interl. 113, 4

senep

(n.)
Grammar
senep, (-ap, -op), es; m.
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Voc. i. 31, 47. Senap, 69, 20. On ða gelícnesse geworht ðe senop biþ getemprod tó inwísan. Lchdm. ii. 184, 22. Gelíc senepes corne, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 31 : Lk. Skt. 13, 19. Senepes sǽd. Mk. Skt. 4, 31: Lchdm. ii. 20, 11. Mid sinope gníde, 186, 6.

Linked entry: senap

seó

(n.)
Grammar
seó, gen. seón, seó; acc. seón, seó ; f. m. (?)
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The pupil, apple of the eye Seó pupilla vel pupula, Wrt. Voc. i. 43, 1: 64, 40 : papilla, papula, 282, 53, 54. Seó sceal in eágan, Exon. Th. 341, 8; Gn. Ex. 123. Ðæs (ðære?) seó hringc circulus , Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 72.

seóc

(adj.)
Grammar
seóc, ; adj.
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Sick, ill. of bodily infirmity or disease Sum seóc man quidam languens. Jn. Skt. II, I. Se is seóc infirmatur, 3. Hé seóc wæs infirmabatur , 6. Seóc hé biþ ðe tó seldan ieteþ. Exon. Th. 340, 16 ; Gn. Ex. III.

seócan

(v.)
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to seek

seócen

(adj.)
Grammar
seócen, (?); adj.
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Troubled with sickness On ðás seócnan (seócan ?) tíd in this time of sickness, Exon. Th. 166, 11; Gú. 1041

sealt-wille

(n.)
Grammar
sealt-wille, -welle, an; f.
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A salt spring or well; hence Saltwell In saltwyllan ; of saltwyllan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 70, 24. Ða saltwælla ł of sæltwælla a saliua (translator seems to have read salina), Mt. Kmbl. P.1. 5

seám

(n.)
Grammar
seám, es; m.
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Th. ii. 254, 32. Geclǽm ealle ða seámas mid tyrwan, i. 20, 33

seámestre

(n.)
Grammar
seámestre, an; f.
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One who sews, a tailor, sempstress (though the noun is feminine it seems not confined to females, cf. bæcestre) Seámestre sartrix, Wrt. Voc. i. 74, 13. Sarcio . . . of ðam is sartor seámystre (-estre, other MSS. seámere) sartrix heó, Ælfc.

Linked entries: sémestre sǽmestre

seám-penig

(n.)
Grammar
seám-penig, -pending, es; m.
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A toll of a penny on a load (of salt) Se wægnscilling and se seámpending gonge tó ðæs cyninges handa swá hé ealning dyde æt Saltwíc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 143, 20.

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