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seldan

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Ðá reáferas geðenceað swíðe oft hú micel hié sellað, and swíðe seldun (-on, v. l. ) hé willað gemunan hú micel hié nimað, Past. 342, 15. Add

selen

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Se cásere began tó gifenne ǽlcum his cempum cynelice sylene (gifu, v. l. ), Hml. S. 31, 97

semnend-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
semnend-lic, semmended-lic; adj.
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Sudden Slagen mid sæmnedlicre (semnendlicre, v. l.) blindnesse subita caecitate percussus, Gr. D. 235, 3. In þǽre fǽrlican (symnenlican and fǽrlican, v. l.) wafunge in subito stupore, 284, 23

Linked entry: symnen-lic

senatus

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Mid þára senata (senatuses, v. l.) willan voluntate senatus, Ors. 4, 10; S. 202, 20. For þára senatum ege, 5, 9; S. 232, 28. Add

seóc-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
seóc-mód, adj.
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Not strong-minded Hræce hé and snýte bæftan him, and þæt fortrede, þe lǽs hit seócmódum (infirmis mentibus) bróþrum and císum wyrðe tó wlættan, Cnid. 23, 9

seód

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Purs ł seód fiscus, An. Ox. 18b, 36. Hé nán þing him sylfum of his campdómes scipe on his seóde ne heóld búton ꝥ hé dæghwámlíce tó bigleofan hæfde, Hml. S. 31, 55. Add

Linked entry: á-seódan

seón

(v.)
Grammar
seón, to see.
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Add: 2 a. with an infinitive that has no subject Ic seah rǽpingas in ræced fergan, Rä. 53, 1. add: the imperative used exclamatorily Seh þé ecce (Lanc. sithee ), Ps. Vos. 7, 15

seten

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Take ymb-seten to for Lind. l. Rush. Add: v. cwild-, hundred-seten

sícle

(adj.)
Grammar
sícle, adj.
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In bad health, sickly On .ii. nihte aldne mónan ꝥ cild, ꝥ swá bið ácenned, bið seóc and sícle (unhál, v. l. infirmus), Archiv cxxix. 21, 16

sigsonte

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For Lchdm. i. l. Lch. ii., and add:

sinscipe

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Ac hí sóna geswicon þæs sinscipes syþþan hí Crí stes láre geleornodon æt him, Hml. A. 14, 35. Hí wunodon ætgædere gehíwodum synscipe, Hml.

slæcmód-ness

(n.)
Grammar
slæcmód-ness, e; f.
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Spiritlessness, melancholy lack of energy; accidia, acedia Eahta synt heafódleahtras . . . þridde is sleacmódnes and unrótnes, Verc. Först. 173. Cf. á-solcenness

slǽd

Grammar
slǽd, sléd. l. slæd, sled, slead,
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and add Andlang slades, C. D. v. 379, 19. Sleades, 70, 26. On slade . . . eft on sled, 286, 27-34. Of sleade, iii. 384, 28. v. wæter-, wíþig-slæd

slege

(n.)
Grammar
slege, es; m.
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Gif man lǽt ǽnne þeóf tó slege . . . nolde hé syllan ealle his ǽhta . . . wið þan þe hé libban móste?, Hml. S. 12, 116. add: a stake Slegeas sudes, Lch. i. lxxi, 3

slic

(adj.)
Grammar
slic, slicc.
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In l. 3 for slíc l. slic

slícian

(v.)
Grammar
slícian, l. slician,
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and add:

-slitt

(adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-slitt, adj. l.
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-slitte

smitta

(n.)
Grammar
smitta, l. smitte; f.
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Add: pollution Wom, smittan inluuiem, i. inmunditiam, An. Ox. 3491. Sió sáwl sceal nýde habban smittan þæs líchoman unþeáwa, 648, note

smolt

(n.)
Grammar
smolt, es; n.
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Lard, fat Smolt pinguedo, Angl. xiii. 404, 558. Þǽr sculan ii fǽtte swýn úp árísan tó smolte, Nap. 58

snóca

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substitute: A projecting point or piece of land, a promontory, a snook (v. N. E. D.)

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