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ymb-sellan

(v.)
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ymb-sellan, p. -sealde
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To surround; circumdare Ic ymbsylle circumdabo Ps. Spl. 25, 6. Ðú ymbseles circumdas Rtl. 76, 1. Hé mid eallum ðyssum ða burh ymbsealde ( circumdedit ), Bd. 3, 16; S. 542, 24: Ps. Th. 114, 3. Fýren wolcen ymbsealde ealle ða ceastre, Blickl. Homl. 245

ymb-seten

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-seten, ymb-setenn, e; f.
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A row of vines Oemsetinne wiingeardes amtes ( = antes?), Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 17. v. ymb-settan, ; seten, II

ymb-settan

(v.)
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ymb-settan, p. te.
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to set round, put round, surround Hé ymbseteþ útan líc and feþre on healfe gehware hálgum stencum, Exon. Th. 212, 3 ; Ph. 204. Beád hé út scypfyrde and landfyrde, and ðæt land eall útan embsette, Chr. 1072; Erl. 210, 31. Giarn án and gifylde copp mid

blód-seten

(n.)
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a remedy to stop bleeding Gif men yrne blód tó swíþe . . . Blódseten; bisceopwyrt nioþowearde ete . . . Blódseten; genim hegeclifan, gebinde on sweoran, Lch. ii. 54, 4-8, 9, 10, 11, 16. Blód-setena ge on tó bindanne ge on eáre tó dónne ge horse ge men

be-sewen

Similar entry: be-seón

cwild-seten

Grammar
cwild-seten, v. cwyld-seten
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in Dict., but substitute for citations Cwylsetene (cwylseten conticinium, Hpt. Gl. 495, 6) conticinio, An. Ox. 3771. Cwyldsetene, 2, 250: 8, 198. Cwuldsetene, 7, 273. Cwyldsetene ( conticinio, gallicantu, Hpt. Gl. 514, 17), 4658: 2, 363: 8, 271. v. next

fore-sendan

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to send in advance Hé foresende premisit (thesauros), Angl. xiii. 448, 1184. Add:

fore-settan

prefer

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Take here fór-settan (l. for-), and add Foreset praepositus, Wrt. Voc. i. 50, 19. of order in time or place, to put before Foresettaþ praeferant, i. anteponant, An. Ox. 2001. Hé swór God him tó gewitan on his wordum foresettende he prefaced his oath

Linked entry: fór-settan

for-sellan

(v.)
Grammar
for-sellan, pp. -seald

To give upsacrificelose

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To give up, sacrifice, lose Gif hé nylle hý niman, hæbbe forseald ꝥ feoh ꝥ hé sealde si ille eam accipere nolit, perdat pecuniam quam dederat, Ll. Th. ii. 148, 31

for-sendan

exilebanishto throw awaycast awaydestroy

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Add: to send away from a country, exile, banish Þisne æþeling Cnut cyng hæfde forsend on Ungerland, Chr. 1057; P. 188, 9. to throw away, cast away. lit. Hét hé hym gebyndan ánne ancran on hys sweoran and hyne forsendan on sǽ, Shrn. 150, 20. fig. to

for-settan

to stop upblockobstructto press downoppressrepress

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Substitute: to stop up, block, obstruct Dype ánne cláð and forsete þá næsðyrlu þǽr mid, Lch. i. 180, 2. Hí tiledon ꝥ hí him ðone weg forsetton and fortýndon iter illi intercludere contendebant, Bd. 3, 19; Sch. 278, 9. Sume hí wurpon þá moldan úp and

for-sewen

(adj.)
Grammar
for-sewen, adj. (ptcpl.)

Despisedabject

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Despised, abject Þú hæfst ús gehwyrfde on bæclincg and ús forsewenran gedóne þonne úre fýnd avertisti nos retrorsum prae inimicis nostris, Ps. Th. 43, 12. Ðonne óðrum monnum ðyncð ðæt hié mǽste scande ðrowigen, and hié forsewenuste bióð for worulde cum

ge-selen

(n.)
Grammar
ge-selen, ge-selenn, e; f.
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A gift, contribution, tribute Cunnende of gyld ðæs cǽseres geselenne temtantes de reddendo caesaris tribute, Mk. p. 5, I

ge-sellan

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Add: to give as a present to a person, confer gratuitously the ownership of. with dat. of person Ic eówrum cynne Khananéa land on ágene ǽht gesylle (dabo). Ps. Th. 104, 10. He geselleð gódo biddendum hine, Mt. L. 7, ii. Gesilið, Jn. L. ii. 22 : 14. 16

ge-seówan

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ge-seówan, ge-síwan, ge-seowian to sew.
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Take here <b>ge-siwed</b> in Dict., and add Geseówe mid seolce, Lch. ii. 358, 25. Gesióuuid, -siówid, -síuuid sarcinatum, Txts. 95, 1763. Gesiówed consutum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 39. Gesiúwid netum, 114, 66. Gesíwid consutum, 23, 20. Gesíuuid

ge-serwan

Similar entry: ge-sirwan

ge-settan

(v.)
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Add: [The participle of ge-sittan seems used in Lk. p. 9, 6 Geseteno posita; and in Lk. L. 22, 41 :-- Gesetnum positis.] to set, put, place, lay Ðá gesettan inditas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 111, 38 ; 48, 82. to move a material object to a position of rest Geseton

hand-seten

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Ðis synt ðára witena handsetena and ðére hína ðe on ðǽre geþafunge wéron, C. D. v. 162, 30. Add

hundred-seten

(n.)
Grammar
hundred-seten, e; f.
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The ordinance of the hundred; the fine for not attending the hundred-court (?) In multis locis debent habere constitutionem hundredi, quod Angli dicunt kundrtsdsetene, Ll. Lbmn. 615, 15. Omnes forisfacturas . . . id est hundredsetene, áthac et ordélas

in-settan

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