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són

(n.)
Grammar
són, es; m.

A musical sound, music vocal or instrumental

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A musical sound, music vocal or instrumental Nán neát nyste nǽnne andan tó óþrum for ðære mergþe ðæs sónes . . . Hé wæs oflyst ðæs seldcúþan sónes (the music of Orpheus' harp) Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 11, 23. Ða hearpan strengas se hearpere sníðe ungelíce

Linked entry: be-sóne

sot-mann

(n.)
Grammar
sot-mann, es; m.
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A foolish person Ús sceamað tó segcenne ealle ðá sceandlican wiglunga þe gedwǽsmenn (sotmen, v. l. ) drífað, Hml. S. 17, 101

sol

(n.)
Grammar
sol, a sole (?).
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Dele the explanation

soc

(n.)
Grammar
soc, es; n.

Suck, sucking at the breast

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Suck, sucking at the breast On ðone dæg ðe man ðæt cild fram soce áteáh in die ablactationis ejus Gen. 21, 8. [Seseȝ childer of her sok A. P. 103, 391. Taken awei fro sok, or wenyd Wick. (Isaiah 11, 8)]

sol

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
sol, eses; n.: solu, we, e; f.

Mire or a miry place ⬩ filthy ⬩ volutabrum

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Mire or a miry place [Halliwell gives soul, sole = a dirty pond, as a Kentish word] Sol volutabrum Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 22. On grǽgsole burnan; andlang burnan on grǽgsole hagan Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 336, 24. Wið Heortsolwe iii. 391, 32. Of ðam wylle on ðæt

som-

(prefix)

Similar entry: sam-

sóm

(n.)
Grammar
sóm, e; f.

agreement, concord ⬩ the bringing about of concord, reconciliation, adjustment of differences ⬩ an agreement, arrangement of a matter in dispute

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agreement, concord Beó eallum mannum sibb and sóm gemǽne, and ǽlc sacu tótwǽmed L. Eth. vi. 25; Th. i. 320, 28: L. C. E. 17; Th. i. 370, 10: Wulfst. 118, 3. Ðám dómbócum ðe se heofonlíca Wealdend his folce gesette tó sóme and tó sehtnesse Homl. Th. ii

sol

(n.)

a sole ⬩ a collar of wood, put round the neek of cattle to confine them to the stelch ⬩ Sole ⬩ a rope or halter to tie cattle in the stall ⬩ soles, fetters, and shackles'

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a sole (?), 'a collar of wood, put round the neek of cattle to confine them to the stelch. "A bow about a beestes necke." Palsgrave.' Halliwell. 'Sole, a rope or halter to tie cattle in the stall,' Kennett's Parochial Antiquities. Among 'husbandlie furniture

Linked entry: sylu

friþ-sócn

(n.)
Grammar
friþ-sócn, e; f.

A peace-refuge ⬩ an asylum ⬩ asȳlum

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A peace-refuge, an asylum; asȳlum Ðæt he friþsócne geséce that he may seek a refuge of peace, L. Eth. ix. 1; Th. i. 340, 8: L. C. E. 2; Th. i. 358, 25

land-sócn

(n.)
Grammar
land-sócn, e; f.
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Search for land or country Tófaran on landsócne to separate in search of land [of the dispersion at the tower of Babel], Cd. 80; Th. 100, 17; Gen. 1665: 81; Th. 102, 12; Gen. 1699

Linked entry: sócn

scip-sócn

(n.)

be-sóne

(adv.)
Grammar
be-sóne, adv.

Soon, immediately ⬩ mox, statim

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Soon, immediately; mox, statim Cweðe se preóst besóne let the priest immediately say, L. Ælf. C. 36; Th. ii. 358, 24

be-sóne

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Dele

be-sorg

Anxious ⬩ careful

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For Anxious, careful, þæs cnihtes sáwle þe mé besorh ys (cf. hé begann tó lufienne þone cniht. 16, 42), Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 1. Ne sý nán ðing swá besorh þæt hé his tídsang fore forlǽte let him not care about anything so much, that he neglects his service

byrgen-song

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>byrgen-sang,</b> es; m. An epitaph, a dirge Byriensang epitaphion, i. carmen mortuorum, An. Ox. 902: 2, 20

ciric-sócn

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Substitute: going to church, attendance at church Þæt crístene men þæne egesan ǽfre ne dreógan þæt hý deófolgyld weorðian, for ðám ne fremeð ǽnig cyricsócn ǽfre ǽnigum þéra þe þæt óðer drýhð, Wlfst. 281, 5. Þeówetlingas weorces beón gefreóde wið cyricsócne

eft-sóna

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Eftsóna ibidem, An. Ox. 7, 289: 8, 213: iterum, Mt. L. 5, 33: 13, 45: 20, 5. Ne þincð mé nǽfre ꝥ hit sóð sý ꝥ þis sý Efesa byrig . . . ac ic nát eftsóna, ne ic nǽfre git nyste ꝥ ǽnig óþer byrig ús wǽre gehende búton Ephese ánre methinks it cannot be true

fird-soip

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fird-sócn

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attendance in the fird, Hió hit hæbben tó frión ǽlces þinges bútan wealgeworce and brygcgeweorce and ferdsócne, C. D. iii. 255, 18: 256, 17: iv. 363, 6: Cht. E. 242, 17. Take here fyrd- sócn and add:

hám-sócn

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Ic cýðe eów ꝥ ic hæbbe geunnen him ꝥ hé beó his saca and sócne wyrðe, and griðbryces and hámsócne, Cht. E. 233, 3. Add