,
_cunningly
set gem, rich jewel_: acc.
Beowulf
settan, w. v. , _to set_: pret. sg. setton sǣ-mēðe sīde scyldas . . . wið þæs
recedes weall (_the sea-wearied ones set their broad shields against the
wall of the hall_), 325; so, 1243.
ā-settan, _to set, place, appoint_: pret. pl. hīe him ā-setton segen
[gyl]-denne hēah ofer hēafod, 47; pret. part. hæfde kyninga wuldor Grendle
tō-gēanes . . . sele-weard ā-seted, 668.
be-settan, _to set with, surround_: pret. sg. (helm) besette swīn-līcum
(_set the helm with swine-bodies_), 1454.
ge-settan: 1) _to set, set down_: pret. part. swā wæs . . . þurh rūn-stafas
rihte ge-mearcod, ge-seted and ge-sǣd (_thus was . . . in rune-staves rightly
marked, set down and said_), 1697. --2) _to set, ordain, create_: pret. sg.
ge-sette . . . sunnan and mōnan lēoman tō lēohte land-būendum, 94. --3) =
componere, _to lay aside, smooth over, appease_: pret. sg. þæt hē mid þȳ
wīfe wæl-fǣhða . . . dǣl . . . ge-sette, 2030.
sēcan, w. v. , _to follow after_, hence: 1) _to seek, strive for_, w. acc. :
pret. sg. sinc-fæt sōhte _(sought the costly cup_), 2301; ne sōhte
searo-nīðas, 2739; so, 3068. Without acc. : þonne his myne sōhte (_than his
wish demanded_), 2573; hord-weard sōhte georne æfter grunde (_the
hoard-warden sought eagerly along the ground_), 2294. --2) _to look for,
come_ or _go some whither, attain something_, w. acc. : pres. sg. III. sē þe
. . . biorgas sēceð, 2273; subj. þēah þe hǣð-stapa holt-wudu sēce, 1370;
imper. sēc gif þū dyrre (_look for her_, i. e. Grendel's mother, _if thou
dare_), 1380; inf. sēcean, 200, 268, 646, 1598, 1870, 1990, 2514(? ), 3103,
etc. ; sēcan, 665, 1451; drihten sēcean (_seek, go to, the Lord_), 187;
sēcean wyn-lēas wīc (_Grendel was to seek a joyless place_, i. e. Hell),
822; so, sēcan dēofla gedræg, 757; sāwle sēcan (_seek the life, kill_),
802; so, sēcean sāwle hord, 2423; gerund. sæcce tō sēceanne, 2563; pret.
sg. I. , III. sōhte, 139, 208, 376, 417, 2224; II. sōhtest, 458; pl. sōhton,
339. --3) _to seek, attack_: þē ūs sēceað tō Swēona lēode, 3002; pret. pl.
hine wræc-mæcgas ofer sǣ sōhtan, 2381.
ge-sēcan: 1) _to seek_, w. acc. : inf. gif hē gesēcean dear wīg ofer wǣpen,
685. --2) _to look for, come_ or _go to attain_, w. acc. : inf. ge-sēcean,
693; gerund, tō ge-sēcanne, 1923; pret. sg. ge-sōhte, 463, 520, 718, 1952;
pret. part. nom. pl. feor-cȳððe bēoð sēlran ge-sōhte þām þe hine selfa
dēah, 1840. --3) _to seek with hostile intent, to attack_: pres. sg.
ge-sēceð 2516; pret. sg. ge-sōhte, 2347; pl. ge-sōhton, 2927; ge-sōhtan,
2205.
ofer-sēcan, w. acc. , _to surpass, outdo_ (in an attack): pres. sg. wæs sīo
hond tō strong, sē þe mēca gehwane . . . swenge ofer-sōhte, þonne hē tō sæcce
bær wǣpen wundrum heard (_too strong was the hand, that surpassed every
sword in stroke, when he_ [Bēowulf] _bore the wondrous weapon to battle_,
i. e. the hand was too strong for any sword; its strength made it useless in
battle), 2687.
sēl, st. f. See sǣl.
sēl, sǣl, adj. , _good, excellent, fit_, only in compar. : nom. sg. m. sēlra,
861, 2194; þǣm þǣr sēlra wæs (_to the one that was the better_, i. e.
Hygelāc), 2200; dēað bið sēlla þonne edwīt-līf, 2891; neut. sēlre, 1385;
acc. sg. m. sēlran þē (_a better than thee_), 1851; sēlran, 1198; neut. þæt
sēlre, 1760; dat. sg. m. sēlran sweord-frecan, 1469; nom. pl. fem. sēlran,
1840. Superl. , strong form: nom. sg. neut. sēlest, 173, 1060; hūsa sēlest,
146, 285, 936; ofost is sēlest, 256; bolda sēlest, 2327; acc. sg. neut.
hrægla sēlest, 454; hūsa sēlest, 659; billa sēlest, 1145;--weak form: nom.
sg. m. reced sēlesta, 412; acc. sg. m. þone sēlestan, 1407, 2383; (þæs,
MS. ), 1957; dat. sg. m. þǣm sēlestan, 1686; nom. pl. sēlestan, 416; acc.
pl. þā sēlestan, 3123.
sēl, compar. adv. , _better, fitter, more excellent_, 1013, 2531; ne byð him
wihte þē sēl (_he shall be nought the better for it_), 2278; so, 2688.
sealma (Frisian selma, in bed-selma), w. m. , _bed-chamber, sleeping-place_:
acc. sg. on sealman, 2461.
sealt, adj. , _salty_: acc. sg. neut. ofer sealt wæter (_the sea_), 1990.
searo (G. sarwa, pl. ), st. n. : 1) _armor, accoutrements, war-gear_: nom.
pl. sǣ-manna searo, 329; dat. pl. secg on searwum (_a man, warrior, in
panoply_), 249, 2701; in (on) searwum, 323, 1558; 2531, 2569; instr. pl.
searwum, 1814. --2) _insidiae, ambuscade, waylaying, deception, battle_: þā
ic of searwum cwōm, fāh from fēondum, 419. --3) _cunning, art, skill_:
instr. pl. sadol searwum fāh (_saddle cunningly ornamented_), 1039;
earmbēaga fela, searwum ge-sǣled (_many cunningly-linked armlets_),
2765. --Comp. fyrd-, gūð-, inwit-searo.
searo-bend, st. f. , _band, bond, of curious workmanship_: instr. pl.
searo-bendum fæst, 2087.
searo-fāh, adj. , _cunningly inlaid, ornamented, with gold_: nom. sg.
here-byrne hondum ge-brōden, sīd and searo-fāh, 1445.
searo-ge-þræc, st. n. , _heap of treasure-objects_: acc. sg. , 3103.
searo-gim, st. m.
, _cunningly set gem, rich jewel_: acc. pl. searo-gimmas,
2750; gen. pl. searo-gimma, 1158.
searo-grim, adj. , _cunning and fierce_: nom. sg. , 595.
searo-hæbbend, pres. part. as subst. , _arms-bearing, warrior with his
trappings_: gen. pl. searo-hæbbendra, 237.
searo-net, st. n. , _armor-net, shirt of mail, corselet_: nom. sg. , 406.
searo-nīð, st. m. : 1) _cunning hostility, plot, wiles_: acc. pl.
searo-nīðas, 1201, 2739. --2) also, only _hostility, feud, contest_: acc.
pl. searo-nīðas, 3068; gen. pl. searo-nīða, 582.
searo-þanc, st. m. , _ingenuity_: instr. pl. searo-þoncum, 776.
searo-wundor, st. n. , _rare wonder_: acc. sg. , 921.
seax, st. n. , _shortsword, hip-knife; dagger_: instr. sg. seaxe,
1546. --Comp. wæl-seax.
seax-ben, st. f. , _dagger-wound_: instr. pl. siex-bennum, 2905.
seofon, num. , _seven_, 517; seofan, 2196; decl. acc. syfone, 3123.
seomian, w. v. : 1) intrans. , _to be tied; lie at rest_: inf. siomian, 2768;
pret. sg. seomode, 302. --2) w. acc. , _to put in bonds, entrap, catch_:
pret. sg. duguðe and geogoðe seomade (cf. 2086-2092, 161.
seonu, st. f. , _sinew_: nom. pl. seonowe, 818.
sēoc, adj. , _feeble, weak; fatally ill_: nom. sg. feorh-bennum sēoc (of
Bēowulf, _sick unto death_), 2741; siex-bennum sēoc (of the dead dragon),
2905; nom. pl. mōdes sēoce (_sick of soul_), 1604. --Comp. : ellen-, feorh-,
heaðo-sēoc.
sēoðan, st. v. w. acc. , _to seethe, boil_; figuratively, _be excited over,
brood_: pret. sg. ic þæs mōd-ceare sorh-wylmum sēað (_I pined in
heart-grief for that_), 1994; so, 190.
seoloð, st. m. ? , _bight, bay_ (cf. Dietrich in Haupt XI. 416): gen. pl.
sioleða bi-gong (_the realm of bights_ = the [surface of the] sea? ), 2368.
sēon, sȳn, st. f. , _aspect, sight_: in comp. wlite-, wundor-sēon, an-sȳn.
sēon, st. v. , _to see_: a) w. acc. : inf. searo-wunder sēon, 921; so, 387,
1181, 1276, 3103; þǣr mæg nihta ge-hwǣm nīð-wundor sēon (_there may every
night be seen a repulsive marvel_), 1366; pret. sg. ne seah ic . . .
heal-sittendra medudrēam māran, 2015. --b) w. acc. and predicate adj. : ne
seah ic elþēodige þus manige men mōdiglīcran, 336. --c) w. prep. or adv. :
pret. sg. seah on enta ge-weorc, 2718; seah on un-lēofe, 2864; pl. folc tō
sǣgon (_looked on_), 1423.
ge-sēon, _to see, behold_: a) w. acc. : pres. sg. III. sē þe bēah ge-syhð,
2042; inf. ge-sēon, 396, 571, 649, 962, 1079, etc. ; pret. sg. geseah, 247,
927, 1558, 1614; pl. ge-sāwon, 1606, 2253. --b) w. acc. and predicate adj. ,
pres. sg. III. ge-syhð . . . on his suna būre win-sele wēstne (_sees in his
son's house the wine-hall empty_; or, _hall of friends_? ), 2456. --c) w.
inf. : pret. sg. ge-seah . . . beran ofer bolcan beorhte randas (_saw shining
shields borne over the gang-plank_), 229; pret. pl. mǣre māððum-sweord
monige ge-sāwon beforan beorn beran, 1024. --d) w. acc. and inf. : pret. sg.
ge-seah, 729, 1517, 1586, 1663, 2543, 2605, etc. ; pl. ge-sāwon, 221, 1348,
1426; ge-sēgan, 3039; ge-sēgon, 3129. --e) w. depend, clause: inf. mæg þonne
. . . gesēon sunu Hrēðles, þæt ic (_may the son of H. see that I. . . _), 1486;
pret. pl. ge-sāwon, 1592.
geond-sēon, _to see, look through, over_, w. acc. : pret. sg. (ic) þæt eall
geond-seh, 3088.
ofer-sēon, _to see clearly, plainly_: pret. pl. ofer-sāwon, 419.
on-sēon, _to look on, at_, w. acc. : pret. pl. on-sāwon, 1651.
sēowian, w. v. , _to sew, put together, link_: pret. part. searo-net sēowed
smiðes or-þancum (_the corselet woven by the smith's craft_), 406.
sib, st. f. , _peace, friendship, relationship_: nom. sg. , 1165, 1858; sibb,
2601; acc. sibbe, 950, 2432, 2923; instr. sg.
