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secg-gescére

(n.)
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, a name of the grasshopper Secg-gescére vel háman cicad[ae ], Txts. 51, 464. (?)

Linked entries: ge-scére sceár

sefa

(n.)
Grammar
sefa, an ; m.
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Tó ontýnenne míne sefan, Nar. 40, 30. Ic heom ábleonde hera sefan, 45, 7. Þurh rúmne sefan rǽd gelǽran, Beo. Th. 561 ; B. 278. Begém úrum sefum intende nostris sensibus, Hymn. Surt. 22, 3.

Linked entries: seofa siofa

segn

(n.)
Grammar
segn, segen, es ; m. n.
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Eall mín weorod . . . herebeácen and segnas beforan mé lǽddon totum agmen me . . . sequebatur cum signis et uexillis, Nar. 7, 16. <b>IIa.</b> used metaphorically Wynród segn sóðfæstra the cross, the standard of the righteous, Salm.

Linked entry: segen

Scón-ég

(n.)
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The name occurs in Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 19, 35

scop-leóþ

(n.)
Grammar
scop-leóþ, es ; n.
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Hé (Nero) ongon wyrcan scopleóþ be ðæm bryne Iliadem decantabat, 6, 5 ; Swt. 262, 1. Swá hit an scopleóþum sungen is quod poeta descripsit, 2, 4 ; Swt. 72, 20

scotian

(v.)
Grammar
scotian, sceotian ; p. ode.
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Lamb. 63, 6: Wé mid strǽlum hié scotodon , Nar. 22, 18. Ðæt hý scotien rihtheortan, Ps. Spl. 10, 2. Hí unscyldige mid bogan scotian þenceaþ ut sagittent immaculatum, Ps. Th. 63, 3.

Linked entries: sceotian scotung

Scottas

(n.)
Grammar
Scottas, pl.
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The Scots, a race found first in Ireland, whence a part migrated to North Britain, which from them got the name Scotland. Scots of Ireland Þrié Scottas cuómon tó Ælfréde cyninge on ánum báte bútan ǽlcum geréþrum of Hibernia, Chr. 891; Erl. 88, 5.

Linked entries: Sceottas Scot-land

scrín

(n.)
Grammar
scrín, es; n.
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Godes scrín, 7, 6: Num. 14, 10. Ðæt scrín, Jos. 3, 8, 13. Hé ( Judas) hæfde scrín (loculos) and baer ða þing ðe man sende, Jn. Skt. 12, 6: 13, 29. Hire scrín mid hiræ háligdómæ, Chart.

scip-wíse

(n.)
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scip-wíse, an; f.
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Nar. 11, 20. Ðá nam heó ánne riscenne windel on scipwísan gesceapenne sumpsit fiscellam scirpeam, Ex. 2, 3

scír-gemót

(n.)
Grammar
scír-gemót, es; n.
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Gif hé æt ðam þriddan cyrre náh riht næbbe, ðonne fare hé feórþan síðe tó scírgemðte, L. C. S. 19; Th. i. 386, 14. Hǽbbe man tuwa on geáre scírgemðt, L. Edg. ii. 5; Th. i. 268, 3. Habbe man twá scírgemót on geáre, L. C. S. 18; Th. .i. 386, 5.

Sciððeas

(n.)
Grammar
Sciððeas, Sciððie, Sciððige, a; pl.
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The Scythians or (using the name of the people where now the name of the country would be used) Scythia Ða Sciððeas, Bt. 18, 2; Fox 64, 10.

scylf

(n.)
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scylf, scylp, es; m.
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Ða torras and ða scylfas on him bǽron ða elpendas elephanti superpositas turres gestaverunt, Nar. 4, 16

seolucen

(adj.)
Grammar
seolucen, seolcen ; adj.
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Seolce[n] hnygele platum , 40, 38. Silcen serica , Hpt. Gl. 417, 37. Seolocenra hrægla, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 11

Linked entries: seolcen silcen

seonoþ

(n.)
Grammar
seonoþ, sionoþ, senoþ, sinoþ, synoþ (-aþ, -od), es;
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N. P. L. 44; Th. ii. 296, 16. Monega þeóda Cristes geleáfan onféngon; ðá wurdon monega seonoþas gegaderode, L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 58, 2.

Linked entries: seuoþ sinoþ synoþ

ge-hálsian

(v.)
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Add: to entreat Hé wæs þurh mé gehálsod he was entreated in my name, Shrn. 135, 25

gelp-ness

Similar entry: gilp-ness

ge-mynd

Grammar
ge-mynd, <b>; II a 2 α.</b>
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Add On ðisum gereorde nis þæs gærses nán gemynd, Hml. Th. ii. 398, 27

ge-nóg

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ge-nóg, <b>;
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III.</b> add Þás bysna ús magon tó genógon nobis ista siifficiunt, Chrd. 90, 8

geong

Grammar
geong, young.
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In gengum, Dan. 102, the first n is curiously shaped and perhaps geongum (or ? gingum) should be read

geriht-geswinc

(n.)
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lawful labour Of mannes gerihtgeswincon ( Justis laboribus ) sylle ma[n] Gode rihte ælmessan, Chrd. 70, 3

Linked entry: ge-swinc