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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

secg

Grammar
secg, sedge.
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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

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

selden

(adj.)
Grammar
selden, adj.
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Rare, infrequent Seldene synd frýnd þá þe oð ende wuniað leófe rari sunt amici qui usque ad finem existant cari, Scint. 197. 18. v. N.E.D. seldom; adj.]

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

seóc

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

eorþ-sele

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-sele, es ; m. [sele a hall]

An earth-hall, cavesubterrānea aula, antrum

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An earth-hall, cave; subterrānea aula, antrum Eald is ðes eorþsele this earth-hall is old, Exon. 115 a; Th. 443, 12; Kl. 29. Mec se mánsceáða of eorþsele út geséceþ the atrocious spotter will seek me out fram his earth-hall, Beo. Th. 5023; B. 2515. He

seht

(n.)
Grammar
seht, es ; m. : e ; f.
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a settlement, an agreement, terms arranged between two parties by an umpire, a peace between two powers Se seht ðe Godwine eorl worhte betweónan ðam arcebisceop and ðam híréde æt Sc̃e Augustine, and Leófwine preóste, Chart. Th. 349, 19. Spǽcon ðá Leófríces

seim

(n.)
Grammar
seim, [from earlier segem (?)]
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fat, lard Seime ł fetnesse adipe, Ps. Spl. T. 62, 6. [Ge ne schulen eten ulesche ne seim, A. R. 412, 26. See Halliw. Dict. saim, seam, and cf. Fr. sain : Ital. saime. From late Lat. sagimen.] ]

seldor

(adv.)
Grammar
seldor, cpve. : seldost ; spve. (the positive seems expressed by seldan, which however has a comparative seldnor) ; adv.
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More seldom, less frequently Seldan raro, seldor rarius, ealra seldost (-ast, MS. H.) rarissime, Ælfc. Gr. 38 ; Zup. 240, 13. Tó seldan hit biþ, beó hit seldor on dæg ðæt wé God herian ðonne seofon síðum, Btwk. 194, 11. Bæþ ðám untrumum, swá oft swá

sella

(n.)
Grammar
sella, an; m.
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A giver Ðone glædan syllan hilarem datorem, R. Ben. Interl. 25, 6

Linked entry: sylla

seám

(n.)
Grammar
seám, es; m.
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a seam, a load, burden [a seam of corn is a quarter, eight bushels; a seam of wood is a horse-load; a seam of dung 3 cwts. (Devon), v. E. D. S. Pub. Reprinted Glossaries, and Farming Words 1, 3, 7..] Seám vel berþen sarcina, Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 27: Ælfc

seár

(adj.)
Grammar
seár, and siére; adj.
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Sear, dry, withered, barrenCod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 70, 32. Hit stent on ðam siéran bóchagan; andlang ðes siéran bóchagan, Seáre sleriles, Germ. 402, 69

Linked entries: siére weornian soru

seax

(n.)
Grammar
seax, es; n.
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a knife, an instrument for cutting Seax cultellus, Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 3. Seax oððe scyrseax culter, ii. 15, 58. Saex, 105, 69. Ðæt stǽnene sex ðe ðæt cild ymbsnáþ, Homl. Th. i. 98, 10. Seaxes ord, Exon. Th. 472, 6; Rä. 61, 12. Seaxes ecg, 70, 20; Cri

Linked entries: sex sæx CNÍF

secg

(n.)
Grammar
secg, es ; m.
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A man (used only in poetry) Secg oððe meówle man or maid, Exon. Th. 387, 15 ; Rä. 5, 5. Nis ǽnig eorl under lyfte, secg searoþoncol, 14, 16 ; Cri. 220. Se beorn, séfteádig secg, 309, 12 ; Seef. 56. Secg, lagucræftig mon, Beo. Th. 422 ; B. 208. Swylc

segc

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segl

Grammar
segl, sun.

Linked entry: segel

segl

(n.)
Grammar
segl, swegel, segel, es ; m. n.
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a sail Segl artemon, Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 24. Segl velum, se mǽsta segl acateon, se medemesta segl epidromas, se lesta segl dalum, i. 56, 48-53. Segel velum, lytel segel dalum, 48, 22, 23. Ðes segl hic carbasus, ðás seglu haec carbasa, Ælfc. Gr. 13 ; Zup