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swát-lín

(n.)
Grammar
swát-lín, es; n.
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Past. 9; Swt. 59, 13. Ðín pund ðe ic hæfde on swát-lín ( in sudario ) áléd, Lk. Skt. 19, 20

Linked entry: swát-cláþ

a-swáf

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-swáf, p. of a-swífan.

wandered away ⬩ exorbitavi ⬩ exorbitavit

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wandered away; exorbitavi, exorbitavit;

bát-swán

(n.)
Grammar
bát-swán, es; m.

A BOATSWAIN ⬩ scaphiarius ⬩ proreta

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A BOATSWAIN; scaphiarius, proreta

in-swán

(n.)
Grammar
in-swán, es, m.
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The herd who had charge of the lord's swine Ǽlc gebúr sylle .vi. hláfas ðam inswáne ðonne hé his heorde tó mæstene drífe omnis geburus det vi. panes porcario curie quando gregem suum minabit in pastinagium, L. R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 21

ísen-swát

(n.)
Grammar
ísen-swát, es ; m.
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Smít on ísenswát, L. M. 2, 65; Lchdm. ii. 296, 18. See iii. 366, col. 1. [?]

plúm-slá

(n.)
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a sloe, wild plum; pruniculus, Wrt. Voc. i. 33, 28

Linked entry: slá

swát-swaþu

(n.)
Grammar
swát-swaþu, e; f.
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A bloody track Wæs sió swátswaþu Sweóna and Geáta, wælrǽs wera, wíde gesýne, Beo. Th. 5884; B. 2946

for-swat

(v.)
Grammar
for-swat, Cht. Th. 584, 5.

Similar entry: for-spillan

ge-swác

(v.; part.)

ceased ⬩ rested from

Entry preview:

ceased, rested from, Mt. Bos. 14, 32: Gen. 2, 3 p.of ge-swícan

ge-swáp

Similar entry: æsce-geswáp

bát-swán

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Dele, and see next word

sél

(adv.)
Grammar
sél, soel ; also sélor ; adv. (cpve.)
Entry preview:

Hié hígon gefeormien swǽ hié soelest þurhtión mégen, Chart. Th. 476, 31. with verbs of liking or pleasing Hé nánum menn sél ne úðe ðonne mé there was no one he would sooner give it to than to me, Chart. Th. 485, 17.

sac

(adj.)
Grammar
sac, (sæc?); adj.

Accused, charged, guilty

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Accused, charged, guilty Swerian ðæt hig nellan nǽnne sacleásan man forsecgean ne nǽnne sacne forhelan let them swear that they will not bring a charge against an innocent man, nor conceal one who is justly charged, L. Eth. iii. 3; Th. i. 294, 5

sél

(adj.)
Grammar
sél, (the positive form does not occur, but is found in Layamon) ; cpve. sélra, sélla ; spve. sélest, sélost; adj.
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Ðæt him soelest wǽre ðæt hié friþes wilnaden nullam esse residuam spem, nisi in petenda pace, Ors. 4, 10 ; Swt. 202, 18. Hé brytniæ swǽ hígum maest réd sié and ðaem sáwlum soelest, Chart. Th. 461, 2 : 465, 33. Ófest is sélost, Cd.

Linked entry: sélost

síc

Similar entry: át-síc

scúa

Similar entry: scúwa

sel

(n.)
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a hall

seó

(pronoun.)
Grammar
seó, (pron.

seó

(v.)
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verb) (

seám

(n.)
Grammar
seám, es; m.
Entry preview:

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

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