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Cwén-sǽ

(n.)
Grammar
Cwén-sǽ, gen. s; m.

The White Sea hyperboreus oceanus

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The White Sea ; hyperboreus oceanus Fram ðære eá Danais, west óþ Rín ða eá . . . and eft súþ óþ Donua ða eá. . . and norþ óþ ðone gársecg, ðe man Cwénsǽ hǽt: binnan ðǽm syndon manega þeóda; ac hit man hǽt eall, Germania from the river Don, westward to

eást-sǽ

(n.)
Grammar
eást-sǽ, es ; f.

The east sea, sea on the east side of a country orientāle măre

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The east sea, sea on the east side of a country; orientāle măre, Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 8: 1, 15; S. 483, 40

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norþ-sǽ

(n.)

a northern sea

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a northern sea Norþsǽ mare arctoum, Wrt. Woc. i. 41, 66. Of Japhet com ðæt norþerne mennisc be ðære norþsǽ, Ælfc. T. Grn. 4, 38. Án geweorc on Defnascíre be ðære norþsǽ, Chr, 894; Erl. 91, 8

sǽ-deór

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-deór, n. (not m.).
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Hý mon wearp in sǽdeóra seáð and þá hyre ne sceðedon, Shrn. 133, 11. Add

sǽ-healf

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-healf, e; f.
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The seaside Bæd hé hí ánre sylle, þæt hé mihte þæt hús on ðá sǽhealfe ( a parte maris) mid þǽre underlecgan, Hml. Th. ii. 144, 33. Hé lǽdde scipfyrde tó Scotlande, and ꝥ land on þá sǽhealfe mid scipum ymbelæg, Chr. 1072; P. 208, 13

sǽ-ostre

(n.)
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a sea-oyster Hé nǽnine óþerne mete ne þigeþ búton sǽostrum, Nar. 78, 23

Linked entry: ostre

sǽ-strand

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-strand, m. 1. n.

sǽ-weard

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Add: In a charter granting land in Cornwall the land is freed 'ab omni regali censu excepta expeditione arcisue munimine et uigiliis marinis,' Cht. E. 295. See, too, Kemble, Saxons in England, ii. 63

sǽ-wer

(n.)
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(?) a weir of some kind Ðæt mynster æt Wíc, and seó híd ðæ ðǽrtó líð, and .vi. æceras and se íggað æt portes bricge and (mid?) healfe sǽwære and se mylnstede æt Mannæs bricge, C. D. iv. 96, 4. v. wer [where the instances given under (especially C. D.

-sǽ-westre

(suffix)

Similar entry: for-sǽwestre

sǽ-ceaster

Similar entry: sǽ-burh

sǽ-ceosol

(n.)

sand or gravel on the sea-shore

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sand or gravel on the sea-shore Sǽceosol arena maris, Gen. 32, 12. Sǽcysul calculus, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 23

sǽ-fæsten

(n.)
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the fastness or stronghold which the sea constitutes Óþ ðætsǽfæsten landes æt ende leódmægne forstód the sea was a stronghold which blocked the further passage of the Israelites, Cd. Th. 185, 24; Exod. 127

sǽ-fugol

(n.)

a sea-fowl.

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a sea-fowl. Sǽfugl, as a proper name, occurs in the genealogy of Ælle of Northumbria,Chr. 560; Erl. 16, 29

sǽ-geáp

(adj.)
Grammar
sǽ-geáp, adj.

Roomy enough for sea voyages

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Roomy enough for sea voyages (of a ship) Sǽgeáp naca, Beo. Th. 3797; B. 1896

sǽ-lác

(n.)

a gift or present or offering

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a gift or present or offering that comes from the sea or from a lake Beowulf maþelode: Hwæt wé ðé ðás sǽlác ( what B. had brought to Hrothgar from Grendel's lake-dwelling ) brohton tíres tó tácne, Beo. Th. 3308; B. 1652: 3253; B. 1624

sǽ-mearh

(n.)

a sea-horse, a ship

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a sea-horse, a ship Ús bær heáhstefn naca, snellíc sǽmearh, Andr. Kmbl. 533; An. 267. Meahte gesión brimwudu myrgan, sǽmearh plegan, Elen. Kmbl. 490; El. 245. Fearoþhengestas, sǽmearas, 455 ; El. 228. Heáhstefn scipu, sǽmearas. Exon. Th. 361, 5; Wal.

Linked entry: sǽ-hengest

sǽ-nett

(n.)

a net for fishing in the sea

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a net for fishing in the sea Sǽnet sagene, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 14

sǽ-róf

(adj.)
Grammar
sǽ-róf, adj.

Active on the sea, strong in rowing

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Active on the sea, strong in rowing Ðonne sǽrófe snelle mægne árum bregdaþ, Exon. Th. 296, 25 ; Crä. 56

sǽ-wǽg

(n.)

a wave of the sea

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a wave of the sea Sealte sǽwǽgas, Cd. Th. 240, 9; Dan. 384