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Anglo-Saxon

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sæl

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Dele 'Icel. salr a hall' in bracket, and add:

sǽn

(adj.)
Grammar
sǽn, adj.
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Marine On sǽnum in glari(g)eris, An. Ox. 8, 128. Sénum, 6, 23. On sǽnum in marinis, 8, 157. Sǽnunum, 7, 201

Linked entry: sǽnig

sam

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Add: sam . . . sam Sam (tam) gebróþrum, sam (quam) eallum geleáffullum, Angl. xiii. 414, 706. Sam gé etan, sam gé drincan, sam gé áht elles gedón siue manducatis, siue bibitis, siue aliud quid facietis, Scint. 169, 12. sam þe . . . sam þe Sam þe þeów

sár

Grammar
sár, n.
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2. Add Saarum doloribus, Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 447, 12

sæc

(adj.)
Grammar
sæc, adj.

hostile, offensive, hateful ⬩ guilty,

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hostile, offensive, hateful Tó áscamelícum ad detestabilem, ad odiosum, sæcum invisum, exosum, meltestran húse lupanar, Hpt. Gl. 500, 58-62. Similar entries v. next word.(-sæc) guilty, charged with guilt. and

Linked entry: bí-sæc

-sæc

(suffix)

Linked entry: sæc

sæx

Similar entry: seax

sam

(con.)
Grammar
sam, conj.

Whether, or

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Whether, or (cf. swá. . . swá= whether . . . or) Sara hi þyrfon, sam hí ne þurfon, hí willaþ ðeáh. Bt. 26, 2 ; Fox 92, 29. Samwé willan, samwé nyllan, 34,12 ; Fox 154, 7: 40, 1; Fox 234, 34. Hý gedóþ ðæt ǽgðer fætels biþ oferfroren sam hit sý sumor,

Linked entries: ge-sam som

sám-

(prefix)
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half-; the prefix denotes imperfection

Linked entry: sǽmra

sand

(n.)
Grammar
sand, es; m. [? or should the passages that follow be put under sand; f.? cf. the later application of witness to a person]

A messenger, envoy

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A messenger, envoy Ðá wæs Lýfing ƀ mid ðám kincge . . . Ðá com Xp̃es cyrc̃ sand tó ðám ƀ and hé forð (fór ?) ðá tó ðám kincge bishop Lyfing was then with the king. . . Then came a messenger (or message? ) from Christchurch to the bishop, and he (the

Linked entries: sand sond

scaed

(n.)
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Wrt. ii. 120, 8

sca-

(prefix)

Similar entry: scæ-

scead

(n.)
Grammar
scead, es; m.
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Siblingchyrst and Trowincsceadas and Rocisfald, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 123, 8. ?

Linked entry: sced

-scel

(suffix)

Similar entry: wæl-scel

sceld

(n.)

a fault

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a fault

sceb

Similar entry: sceabb

sceó

(n.)

a shoe

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a shoe

sǽd-berende

(adj.)

seed-bearing

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seed-bearing Eorþe swealh sǽdberendes ( Similar entries v. sǽd,V.) Sethes líce, Cd. Th. 69, 33; Gen. 1145. Grówende wirte and sǽdberende herbam viventem et facientem semen, Gen. 1, 29

páp-seld

(n.)
Grammar
páp-seld, es; n.
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The papal see Hé hié lǽrede ðæt hié raðost tó Róme sendon tó ðæm pápan, and ðone pápan and ðæt pápseld ðæt hié beáhsodan hwæt him ðæs tó rǽde þúhte, Blickl. Homl. 205, 20

sǽd-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
sǽd-cynn, es; n.

A kind of seed

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A kind of seed Ǽghwilc sǽdcyn omne genus seminarum, Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 30. Sǽdere gebyreþ ðæt hé hæbbe ǽlces sǽdcynnes ǽnne leáp fulne, ðonne hé ǽlc sǽd wel gesáwen hæbbe ofer geáres fyrst, L. R. S. 11; Th. i. 438, 9

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