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sépan

(v.)
Grammar
sépan, (seppan ?); p. te

To cause to perceive ⬩ to teach

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To cause to perceive, to teach Se stán sépte sacerdas sweotolum tácnum, Andr. Kmbl. 1483; An. 743. Ðus mé fæder mín unweaxenne wordum lǽrde, sépte sóðcwidum, Elen. Kmbl. 1057; El. 530. Hyssas heredon Drihten for ðam hǽðenan folce, sépton (MS. stepton

Linked entry: sewte

setin

Similar entry: seten

be-seón

(v.)
Grammar
be-seón, -sión, bi-seón; ic -seó, ðú -sihst, he -sihþ, -syhþ, pl. -seóþ; p. ic, he -seah, ðú -sáwe, pl. -sáwon; impert. -sih; pp. -sewen; [be by, near, about; seón to see]

to look about or around ⬩ circumspicere ⬩ to see, look, behold ⬩ videre, aspicere ⬩ to go to see, visit ⬩ visere, visitare

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to look about or around; circumspicere Sóna ðá hí besáwon hí, nánne hí mid him ne gesáwon suddenly when they looked about them, they saw no one with him, Mk. Bos. 9, 8. Ðá he beseah, ðá geseah he olfendas when he looked about, then he saw the camels,

sele-secg

(n.)
Grammar
sele-secg, es; m.

A hall-man ⬩ a retainer who has a place in his lord's hall

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A hall-man, a retainer who has a place in his lord's hall Gemon hé selesecgas and sincþnege, hú hine his goldwine wenede tó wiste, Exon. Th. 288, 20; Wand. 34

Linked entry: seld-guma

for-seón

(v.)
Grammar
for-seón, -sión; ic -seó, ðú -sihst, -sixst, he -sihþ, -syhþ, pl. -seóþ; p. -ic, he -seah, ðú -sáwe, -seáge, pl. -sáwon, -ségon; impert. -seoh; subj. he -seó; pp. -sewen

To overlook ⬩ despise ⬩ contemn ⬩ scorn ⬩ be ashamed of ⬩ neglect ⬩ reject ⬩ renounce ⬩ despĭcĕre ⬩ temnĕre ⬩ contemnĕre ⬩ spernĕre ⬩ erŭbescĕre ⬩ neglĭgĕre ⬩ posthăbēre ⬩ rejĭcĕre

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To overlook, despise, contemn, scorn, be ashamed of, neglect, reject, renounce; despĭcĕre, temnĕre, contemnĕre, spernĕre, erŭbescĕre, neglĭgĕre, posthăbēre, rejĭcĕre We á sculon ídle lustas forseón we should ever despise idle lusts, Exon. 19 a; Th. 47

Linked entry: for-sión

seáw

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Add: [seáw is masculine in Lch. ii. 18, 14, though in the preceding line it is neuter Dó ꝥ seáw on neb . . . ꝥ se seáw (perhaps there is confusion owing to the conjunctional ꝥ and the initial letter of seáw ?) mæge ꝥ heáfod geondyrnan] :-- Genim þisse

seax

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Add Gyf þé syxes genyódige, þonne sníð þú mid þínum fingre ofer þonne óþerne, swylce þú cyrfan wille, Tech. ii. 123, 3. Ðá gesæt hé (Cuthbert) æt mýsan, micclum onbryrd hé beseah tó heofonum, and his sex áwearp (cultellus quem tenebat decidit in mensam

sédan

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Add: cf. un-áséðendlic

sefa

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Fífte wæs gyfe pund, þanon hym wæs geseald sefa and geðang (cf. sefan, sídne geþanc, Dan. 536), Mod. Lang. Rev. xi. 215. Add

sele

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selen

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Add Se cásere dǽlde his cempum cynelice sylene, Hml. Th. ii. 502, 5. Se cásere began tó gifenne ǽlcum his cempum cynelice sylene (gifu, v. l. ), Hml. S. 31, 97

send

(n.)
Grammar
send, e; f.
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A present Ne sí munece álýfed þæt hé ǽnig gewrit oþþe sende oðþe lác from hyra mágum oþþe from ǽnigum óþrum men underfón nullatenus liceat monacho neque a parentibus suis neque quoquam hominum litteras, eulogias, vel quelibet munuscula accipere, R. Ben

sengan

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Add: figuratively, to afflict grievously Ic senged beóm tribulor, Ps. Rdr. 30, 10. Cf. seóþan

seóc

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Add: v. ádl- (E. S. xxxix. 322), lenden-, wéden(d)-, wód-seóc

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

seten

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

setl

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Among the cpds. dele burhgeat-, and add. 2 a. a seat that is the right of a member of an official society or body Gif ceorl geþeáh ꝥ hé hæfde setl and sundernote on cynges healle, Ll. Th. i. 190, 17. <b>I a.</b> add :-- Þǽr sǽton setla on

-sewen

(adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-sewen, adj.

Similar entry: for-

seal

Similar entry: sealh

Seax-

(prefix)
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in proper names Sigeferþ Seaxing, Seaxa Sledding (in a list of East Saxon kings), Txts. 179, 23. Cf. Icel. Járn-Saxa = iron-chopper, the name of an ogress in the Edda. Ðá féng tó Eást-Seaxna ríce Swíþhelm Seaxbaldes suna, Bd. 3, 22; S. 553, 42. Ðæs cyninges