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be-seón

(v.)

To look ⬩ attention ⬩ expectation ⬩ To see about ⬩ care for ⬩ attend to ⬩ provide for

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Add: intrans. To look. absolute, physical Ne beseoh þú underbæc noli respicere post tergum, Gen. 19, 17. mental Mann þe hys hand ásett on hys sulh and on bæc besyhð, Lk. 9, 62. Beseoh (respice) and gehýr mé, Ps. Spl. 12, 3. with preps. physical Beseó

for-seón

to despise ⬩ hold in contempt ⬩ to reject ⬩ to reject ⬩ to refuse

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Add: to despise, hold in contempt a person or thing Hé forsiehð (-sihð, v. l.) ðá ðe him underðiódde beóð subjectos despicit, Past. 111, 13: Bt. 19; F. 68, 32. Forsiohð, Kent. Gl. 490: 1090. Forsioð, 529: 541. Forseó ðysse worulde wlence, gif ðú wille

ofer-seón

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Add Manige óðre þe mid þám eádigan were wǽron and his líf hira eágum ofersáwon alii qui cum viro Dei conversati vitam illius ex parte noverant, Guth. Gr. 103, 47. Þonne miht ðú ofersión ealle þás eorþlican þing mens terras despicit, Bt. 36, 2; F. 174

of-seón

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Þá ofseah hé feorran ðá hǽðenan ferian án líc tó eorðan, Hml. Th. ii. 507, 16. Add

þurh-seón

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Hé þurhseah swá þone preóst for ðon gesealdne deófle, gif hé gedyrstlǽhte ꝥ hé underféngce ðone hálgan sácerdhád perspexit hunc clericum idcirco diabolo traditum, ne ad sacrum ordinem auderet accedere, Gr. D. 136, 6. Add

be-seón

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2. Add Hine ofer eaxle besihð se déma tó þám forwyrhtum, Wlfst. 256, 8. Add Þá ðing þe gé beseóð and betst on gelýfað ea quae uera et optima credebatis, Bd. 1, 25; Sch. 55, 6. <b>III a</b>. to observe, look at :-- Beseóþ gé hine, þonne

of-seón

(v.)

to see, observe

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to see, observe Ðá ofseah hig Godes engel cum invenisset eam angelus Domini Gen. 16, 7. Ðá ofseah hé ǽnne geongne man, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 545. Se hálga wer oferseah ealne middaneard, and ofseah lǽdan ánes biscopes sáwle tó heofenum, Homl. Th. ii. 184,

on-seón

Similar entry: an-sýn

on-seón

(v.)

to regard, look on

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to regard, look on Wliteseón wrætlíc weras onsáwon, Beo. Th. 3305; B. 1650. Freónd onsigon (feónd onségon?) láðum eágan landmanna cyme, Cd. Th. 189, 2; Exod. 178

segl-bósm

(n.)
Grammar
segl-bósm, es; m.

The swelling out of a sail ⬩ sail swelled out by the wind

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The swelling out of a sail, sail swelled out by the wind Seglbósm carbasus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 13, 57: 103, 28: carbasus, tumor veli, 128, 53. Seglbósmas carbasa, vela navium, 54: carbasa, 88, 24

Linked entry: bósum

á-seón

(v.)

to look at

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to look at Nelle ic mýnes Dryhtnes andwlitan áseón, Hml. A. 190, 255

Linked entry: á-siwen

á-seón

(v.)
Grammar
á-seón, pp.-siwen,-seowen

to strain.

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to strain. Ásíh healfne bollan, Lch. iii. 20, 8, 5. Genim bollan fulne wínes, gemenge wið ꝥ and áseóhhe, ii. 288, 5. Ásíende excolantes, Mt. R. 23, 24. Ealo ǽr þon hit ásiwen sié, Lch. ii. 124, 14. Huniges ásiwenes, 184, 19. Áseownes, 26, II. Áseowones

secg-gescére

(n.)

sedge-shears

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(?) sedge-shears (?), a name of the grasshopper Secg-gescére vel háman cicad[ae], Txts. 51, 464

Linked entries: ge-scére sceár

secg-sceára

(n.)
Grammar
secg-sceára, -scára (-scara ?), an; m.

A corn-crake or a quail

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A corn-crake or a quail Secg-scára ortigometra (cf. erschen ortigomera, ii. 63, 53 : edischen, 115, 67), Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 21

Linked entry: sceára

for-sewen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
for-sewen, pp. of for-seón.

despised

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despised, Ps. Lamb. 118, 141;

Linked entry: -sewen

dóm-setl

(n.)
Grammar
dóm-setl, es; n. [dóm judgment, setl a seat]

A judgment-seat, tribunal ⬩ trĭbūnal

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A judgment-seat, tribunal; trĭbūnal Ðis dómsetl hoc trĭbūnal, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 5; Som. 9, 2. Se gerefa hét Iulianan út gelǽdan to his dómsetle the count bade Juliana be led out to his judgment-seat, Exon. 73 b; Th. 274, 16; Jul. 534: 68 a; Th. 252, 12; Jul

ǽrend-secg

(n.)
Grammar
ǽrend-secg, es; m.

An errand-deliverer ⬩ a messenger ⬩ legatus ⬩ nuntius

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An errand-deliverer, a messenger; legatus, nuntius Ic, on his gearwan, geseó ðæt he is ǽrend-secg uncres Hearran I, by his habit, see that he is the messenger of our Lord, Cd. 30; Th. 41, 17; Gen. 658

ferhþ-sefa

(n.)
Grammar
ferhþ-sefa, ferþ-sefa, firhþ-sefa, fyrhþ-sefa, an; m.

The mind's sense ⬩ intellect ⬩ mens

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The mind's sense, intellect; mens Cwén gefeah on ferhþsefan the queen rejoiced in her mind, Elen. Kmbl. 1696; El. 850: 1787; El. 895

self-wille

(adj.)
Grammar
self-wille, adj.

Voluntary ⬩ spontaneous

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Voluntary, spontaneous Mid selfwilre spontanea, Hpt. Gl. 415, 11: spontaneo, volunlario, 439, 11. For ðan self-willan propter spontaneum, 413, 33

hring-seta

(n.)
Grammar
hring-seta, hring-sete.
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Substitute: <b>hring-set,</b> es; n. A circus Hringsete circio (accipit in circo victor serta, Ald. 141, 29), Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 45. Hringseta circentium (gymnicorum exempla . . . praeconia circensium (cf. circenses circus, Migne) adipiscuntur