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ge-sém

(n.)
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sǽ-færeld

(n.)

a sea-passage,

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a sea-passage, med in reference to the attempt made by the Egyptians to pass the Red Sea Ðá hí ( the Egyptians ) oninnan ðæm sǽfærelde wǽron, Ors. 1, 7; Swt. 38, 33

sǽ-láf

(n.)

what is left by the sea,

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what is left by the sea, applied to the spoils of the Egyptians drowned in the Red Sea Ongunnon sǽláfe dǽlan, ealde mádmas, reáf and randas, Cd. Th. 215, 16; Exod. 584

sǽ-síð

(n.)

a sea-journey, voyage

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a sea-journey, voyage, Beo. Th. 2302 ; B. 1149

sǽ-hund

(n.)
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sǽ-hund, es; m.
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A sea-hound Scilla ðet is sǽhund gecweden, An. Ox. 26, 61

sǽ-waroþ

(n.)

the sea-shore

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the sea-shore Be sǽwaroþe and be æáófrum, Bt. 32, 3; Fox 118, 17 : Met. 19, 21

Linked entries: waroþ sǽ-faroþ

west-sǽ

(n.)
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west-sǽ, f. m.
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A west sea, sea on the west coast of a country Hé ( a Norwegian ) búde on ðæm lande norþweardum wiþ ða westsǽ, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 3.

sǽ-clif

(n.)

a cliff by the sea

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a cliff by the sea Swá fela welena swá ðara sondcorna beóþ be ðisum sǽclifum, Bt. 7,4 ; Fox 22, 27

sǽ-faroþ

(n.)

the sea-shore

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the sea-shore Ceólas léton æt sǽfearoþe sande bewrecene, Elen. Kmbl. 501; El. 251. Sæfaroþa sand, Cd. Th. 236,18 ; Dan. 323

sǽ-leóþ

(n.)

a sea-song,

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a sea-song, song sung by the sailors in rowing, to keep stroke Sǽleóþes celeumatis (κέλευμα), Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 24

sǽ-méðe

(adj.)
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sǽ-méðe, adj.

Weary with being on the sea

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Weary with being on the sea Sǽméðe (Beowulf and his companions on their arrival at Hrothgar's palace], Beo. Th. 655; B. 325

sǽ-upwearp

(n.)

jetsum

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what is thrown up on land by the sea, jetsum Ic habbe gegeofen Ælfwine abbod . . . ða sǽupwearp on eallen þingen æt Bramcæstre, Chart. Th. 421, 33

sǽ-clif

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On þám lengestan treówe ufeweardum þe ofer standeð on þám hýhstan sǽclife, Verc. Först, 110, 6. Swilce hé wylle weorþan uppe on sumum sǽclife, Solil. H. 45, 18. Add

storm-sǽ

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a stormy sea Ðá gestód hine heáh weder and stormsǽ, Bt. 38, 1; F. 194, ID. (Cf. O. H. Ger. sturm-wint turbo: Icel. sturm-viðri tempest, for similar compounds.)

sǽ-fisc

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Habbað eów anweald ofer sǽfyxum (cf. þǽre fixas, Gen. 1, 28), Hex. 20, 5. Ne þicgen hié fenfixas ne sǽfixas, Lch. ii. 254, 22. Add

sǽ-scill

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a sea-shell Hé wæs nacod and on carcern onsænded, and þǽr wæs understregd mid sǽscellum and mid scearpum stánum (cf. mittitur in carcerem ubi . . . fragmenta testarum subter eum sternebantur, Bede's Life of Felix), Shrn. 51, 13

sǽ-ríric

(n.)

a reed-bed in the sea (?), an ait

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a reed-bed in the sea (?), an ait; — Swylce wórie bí ófre sondbeorgum ymbseald sǽrýrica mǽst, swá ðæt wénaþ wǽglíþende ðæt hý on eálond sum eágum wlíten (the reference is to the whale, which mariners mistake for an island), Exon.

ang-set

(n.)
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ang-set, es; m ? ang-seta, an; m ?

A disease with eruptionsa carbunclepimplepustulean eruptionSt. Anthony's firecarbunculus

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Gl. 64; Som. 69, 19; Wrt. Voc. 40, 51

súþ-sǽ

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a south sea On ðám dagum ríxade Æþelbyrht cyning on Cantwarebyrig, and his ríce wæs ástreht fram ðǽre micclan eá Humbre oð súðsǽ, Hml. Th. ii. 128, 19.

wíd-sǽ

(n.)
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wíd-sǽ, f. m.
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Open sea, ocean Ðeós wídsǽ pelagus, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Zup. 28, 21 : 13 ; Zup. 84, 1: Wrt. Voc. i. 70, 14. Him wæs á widsǽon ðæt bæcbord, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 27: 19, 26. Fǽmendre wfdsǽ spumantis pelagi, Hpt. Gl. 409, 69. Wídsǽs cataclismi, Wrt.