, _hall-ward,
guardian
of the hall_: acc.
Beowulf
v.
, _to arrange, decide_: inf.
þæt hit sceaðen-mǣl scȳran
mōste (_that the sword must decide it_), 1940. O. N. skora, _to score,
decide_.
scȳne, adj. , _sheen, well-formed, beautiful_: nom. sg. mægð scȳne, 3017.
sē, se, pron. dem. and article, _the_: m. nom. , 79, 84, 86, 87, 90, 92,
102, etc. ; fem, sēo, 66, 146, etc. ; neut. þæt;--relative: sē (_who_), 1611,
2866; sē þe (_he who_), 2293; sēo þe (_she who_), 1446; sē þe (for sēo þe),
1345, 1888, 2686; cf. 1261, 1498; (Grendel's mother, as a wild, demonic
creature, is conceived now as man, now as woman: woman, as having borne a
son; man, as the incarnation of savage cunning and power); se for sēo,
2422; dat. sg. þām (for þām þe), 2780.
secce. See sacu.
secg, st. m. , _man, warrior, hero, spokesman_ (secgan? ): nom. sg. , 208,
872, 2228, 2407, etc. ; (Bēowulf), 249, 948, 1312, 1570, 1760, etc. ;
(Wulfgār), 402; (Hunferð), 981; (Wīglāf), 2864; acc. sg. sinnigne secg
(Grendel's mother, cf. se), 1380; dat. sg. secge, 2020; nom. pl. secgas,
213, 2531, 3129; dat. pl. secgum, 490; gen. pl. secga, 634, 843, 997, 1673.
secg, st. f. , _sword_ (sedge? ): acc. sg. secge, 685.
secgan, w. v. , _to say, speak_: 1) w. acc. : pres. sg. gode ic þanc secge,
1998; so, 2796; pres. part. swā se secg hwata secgende wæs lāðra spella
(partitive gen. ), 3029; inf. secgan, 582, 876, 881, 1050; pret. sg. sægde
him þæs lēanes þanc, 1810; pret. sg. II. hwæt þū worn fela . . . sægdest from
his sīðe, 532. --2) without acc inf. swā wē sōðlīce secgan hȳrdon, 273;
pret. sg. sægde, 2633, 2900--3) w. depend. clause: pres. sg. ic secge, 591;
pl. III. secgað, 411; inf. secgan, 51, 391, 943, 1347, 1701, 1819, 2865,
3027; gerund. tō secganne, 473, 1725; pret. sg. sægde, 90, 1176; pl.
sægdon, 377, 2188; sǣdan, 1946.
ā-secgan (edicere), _to say out, deliver_: inf. wille ic ā-secgan suna
Healfdenes . . . mīn ǣrende, 344.
ge-secgan, _to say, relate_: imper. sg. II. ge-saga, 388; þæt ic his ǣrest
þē eft ge-sægde (_that I should, after, tell thee its origin_), 2158; pret.
part. gesægd, 141; gesǣd, 1697.
sefa, w. m. , _heart, mind, soul, spirit_: nom. sg. , 49, 490, 595, 2044,
2181, 2420, 2601, 2633; acc. sg. sefan, 278, 1727, 1843; dat. sg. sefan,
473, 1343, 1738. --Comp. mōd-sefa.
ge-segen, st. f. , _legend, tale_: in comp. eald-ge-segen.
segl, st. n. , _sail_: nom. sg. , 1907.
segl-rād, st. f. , _sail-road_, i. e. sea: dat. sg. on segl-rāde, 1430.
segn, st. n. , _banner_, vexillum: nom. sg. , 2768, 2959; acc. sg. segen, 47,
1022; segn, 2777; dat. sg. under segne, 1205. --Comp. hēafod-segn.
sel, st. n. , _hall, palace_. See sæl.
seld, st. n. , _dwelling, house_: in comp. medu-seld.
ge-selda, w. m. , contubernalis, _companion_: acc. sg. geseldan, 1985.
seldan, adv. , _seldom_: oft [nō] seldan, 2030.
seld-guma, w. m. , _house-man, home-stayer(? ); common man? , house-carl? _:
nom. sg. , 249.
sele, st. m. and n. , _building consisting of one apartment; apartment,
room_: nom. sg. , 81, 411; acc. sg. sele, 827, 2353; dat. sg. tō sele, 323,
1641; in (on, tō) sele þām hēan, 714, 920, 1017, 1985; on sele (_in the den
of the dragon_), 3129. --Comp. : bēah-, bēor-, dryht-, eorð-, gest-, gold-,
grund-, gūð-, hēah-, hring-, hrōf-, nið-, win-sele.
sele-drēam, st. m. , _hall-glee, joy in the hall_: acc. sg. þāra þe þis līf
ofgeaf, gesāwon sele-drēam (referring to the joy of heaven? ), 2253.
sele-ful, st. n. , _hall-goblet_: acc. sg. , 620.
sele-gyst, st. m. , _hall-guest, stranger in hall_ or _house_: acc. sg. þone
sele-gyst, 1546.
sele-rǣdend, pres. part. , _hall-ruler, possessor of the hall_: nom. pl. ,
51; acc. lēode mīne sele-rǣdende, 1347.
sele-rest, st. f. , _bed in the hall_: acc. sg. sele-reste, 691.
sele-þegn, st. m. , _retainer, hall-thane, chamberlain_: nom. sg. , 1795.
sele-weard, st. m.
, _hall-ward, guardian of the hall_: acc. sg. , 668.
self, sylf, pron. , _self_: nom. sg. strong form, self, 1314, 1925 (?
selfa); þū self, 595; þū þē self, 954; self cyning (_the king himself, the
king too_), 921, 1011; sylf, 1965; in weak form, selfa, 1469; hē selfa, 29,
1734; þǣm þe him selfa dēah (_that can rely upon, trust to, himself_),
1840; seolfa, 3068; hē sylfa, 505; god sylfa, 3055; acc. sg. m. selfne,
1606; hine selfne (_himself_), 962; hyne selfne (_himself_, reflex. ), 2876;
wið sylfne (_beside_), 1978; gen. sg. m. selfes, 701, 896; his selfes,
1148; on sīnne sylfes dōm (_at his own will_), 2148; sylfes, 2224, 2361,
2640, 2711, 2777, 3014; his sylfes, 2014, 2326; fem. hire selfre, 1116;
nom. pl. selfe, 419; Sūð-Dene sylfe, 1997.
ge-sella, w. m. , _house-companion, comrade_: in comp. hand-gesella.
sellan, syllan, w. v. : 1) w. acc. of thing, dat. of pers. , _to give,
deliver; permit, grant, present_: pres. sg. III. seleð him on ēðle eorðan
wynne, 1731; inf. syllan, 2161, 2730; pret. sg. sealde, 72, 673, 1272,
1694, 1752, 2025, 2156, 2183, 2491, 2995; nefne god sylfa sealde þām þe hē
wolde hord openian (_unless God himself gave to whom he would to open the
hoard_), 3056; pret. sg. II. sealdest, 1483. --2) _to give, give up_ (only
w. acc. of thing): ǣr hē feorh seleð (_he prefers to give up his life_),
1371; nallas on gylp seleð fǣtte bēagas (_giveth out gold-wrought rings_,
etc. ), 1750; pret. sg. sinc-fato sealde, 623; pl. byrelas sealdon wīn of
wunder-fatum, 1162.
ge-sellan, w. acc. and dat. of pers. , _to give, deliver; grant, present_:
inf. ge-sellan, 1030; pret. sg. ge-sealde, 616, 1053, 1867, 1902, 2143,
etc.
sel-līc, syl-līc (from seld-līc), adj. , _strange, wondrous_: nom. sg. glōf
. . . syllīc, 2087; acc. sg. n. syllīc spell, 2110; acc. pl. sellīce
sǣ-dracan, 1427. Compar. acc. sg. syllīcran wiht (the dragon), 3039.
semninga, adv. , _straightway, at once_ 645, 1641, 1768.
sendan, w. v. w. acc. of thing and dat. of pers. , _to send_: pret. sg. þone
god sende folce tō frōfre (_whom God sent as a comfort to the people_), 13;
so, 471, 1843.
for-sendan, _to send away, drive off_ pret. part. hē wearð on fēonda
geweald . . . snūde for-sended, 905.
on-sendan, _to send forth, away_, w. acc. of thing and dat. of pers. :
imper. sg. on-send, 452, 1484; pret. sg. on-sende, 382; pl. þē hine . . .
forð on-sendon ǣnne ofer ȳðe (_who sent him forth alone over the sea_),
45; pret. part. bealo-cwealm hafað fela feorh-cynna feorr on-sended, 2267.
sendan (cf. Gl. Aldhelm, sanda = ferculorum, epularum, in Haupt IX. 444),
w. v. , _to feast, banquet_: pres. sg. III. sendeð, 601. --Leo.
serce, syrce, w. f. , _sark, shirt of mail_: nom. sg. syrce, 1112; nom. pl.
syrcan, 226; acc. pl. grǣge syrcan, 334. --Comp. : beadu-, heoro-serce;
here-, leoðo-, līc-syrce.
sess, st. m. , _seat, place for sitting_: dat. sg. sesse, 2718; þā hē bī
sesse gēong (_by the seat_, i. e. before the dragon's lair), 2757.
setl, st. n. , _seat, settle_: acc. sg. , 2014; dat. sg. setle, 1233, 1783,
2020; gen. sg. setles, 1787; dat. pl. setlum, 1290. --Comp. : hēah-, hilde-,
meodu-setl.
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
. .
mōste (_that the sword must decide it_), 1940. O. N. skora, _to score,
decide_.
scȳne, adj. , _sheen, well-formed, beautiful_: nom. sg. mægð scȳne, 3017.
sē, se, pron. dem. and article, _the_: m. nom. , 79, 84, 86, 87, 90, 92,
102, etc. ; fem, sēo, 66, 146, etc. ; neut. þæt;--relative: sē (_who_), 1611,
2866; sē þe (_he who_), 2293; sēo þe (_she who_), 1446; sē þe (for sēo þe),
1345, 1888, 2686; cf. 1261, 1498; (Grendel's mother, as a wild, demonic
creature, is conceived now as man, now as woman: woman, as having borne a
son; man, as the incarnation of savage cunning and power); se for sēo,
2422; dat. sg. þām (for þām þe), 2780.
secce. See sacu.
secg, st. m. , _man, warrior, hero, spokesman_ (secgan? ): nom. sg. , 208,
872, 2228, 2407, etc. ; (Bēowulf), 249, 948, 1312, 1570, 1760, etc. ;
(Wulfgār), 402; (Hunferð), 981; (Wīglāf), 2864; acc. sg. sinnigne secg
(Grendel's mother, cf. se), 1380; dat. sg. secge, 2020; nom. pl. secgas,
213, 2531, 3129; dat. pl. secgum, 490; gen. pl. secga, 634, 843, 997, 1673.
secg, st. f. , _sword_ (sedge? ): acc. sg. secge, 685.
secgan, w. v. , _to say, speak_: 1) w. acc. : pres. sg. gode ic þanc secge,
1998; so, 2796; pres. part. swā se secg hwata secgende wæs lāðra spella
(partitive gen. ), 3029; inf. secgan, 582, 876, 881, 1050; pret. sg. sægde
him þæs lēanes þanc, 1810; pret. sg. II. hwæt þū worn fela . . . sægdest from
his sīðe, 532. --2) without acc inf. swā wē sōðlīce secgan hȳrdon, 273;
pret. sg. sægde, 2633, 2900--3) w. depend. clause: pres. sg. ic secge, 591;
pl. III. secgað, 411; inf. secgan, 51, 391, 943, 1347, 1701, 1819, 2865,
3027; gerund. tō secganne, 473, 1725; pret. sg. sægde, 90, 1176; pl.
sægdon, 377, 2188; sǣdan, 1946.
ā-secgan (edicere), _to say out, deliver_: inf. wille ic ā-secgan suna
Healfdenes . . . mīn ǣrende, 344.
ge-secgan, _to say, relate_: imper. sg. II. ge-saga, 388; þæt ic his ǣrest
þē eft ge-sægde (_that I should, after, tell thee its origin_), 2158; pret.
part. gesægd, 141; gesǣd, 1697.
sefa, w. m. , _heart, mind, soul, spirit_: nom. sg. , 49, 490, 595, 2044,
2181, 2420, 2601, 2633; acc. sg. sefan, 278, 1727, 1843; dat. sg. sefan,
473, 1343, 1738. --Comp. mōd-sefa.
ge-segen, st. f. , _legend, tale_: in comp. eald-ge-segen.
segl, st. n. , _sail_: nom. sg. , 1907.
segl-rād, st. f. , _sail-road_, i. e. sea: dat. sg. on segl-rāde, 1430.
segn, st. n. , _banner_, vexillum: nom. sg. , 2768, 2959; acc. sg. segen, 47,
1022; segn, 2777; dat. sg. under segne, 1205. --Comp. hēafod-segn.
sel, st. n. , _hall, palace_. See sæl.
seld, st. n. , _dwelling, house_: in comp. medu-seld.
ge-selda, w. m. , contubernalis, _companion_: acc. sg. geseldan, 1985.
seldan, adv. , _seldom_: oft [nō] seldan, 2030.
seld-guma, w. m. , _house-man, home-stayer(? ); common man? , house-carl? _:
nom. sg. , 249.
sele, st. m. and n. , _building consisting of one apartment; apartment,
room_: nom. sg. , 81, 411; acc. sg. sele, 827, 2353; dat. sg. tō sele, 323,
1641; in (on, tō) sele þām hēan, 714, 920, 1017, 1985; on sele (_in the den
of the dragon_), 3129. --Comp. : bēah-, bēor-, dryht-, eorð-, gest-, gold-,
grund-, gūð-, hēah-, hring-, hrōf-, nið-, win-sele.
sele-drēam, st. m. , _hall-glee, joy in the hall_: acc. sg. þāra þe þis līf
ofgeaf, gesāwon sele-drēam (referring to the joy of heaven? ), 2253.
sele-ful, st. n. , _hall-goblet_: acc. sg. , 620.
sele-gyst, st. m. , _hall-guest, stranger in hall_ or _house_: acc. sg. þone
sele-gyst, 1546.
sele-rǣdend, pres. part. , _hall-ruler, possessor of the hall_: nom. pl. ,
51; acc. lēode mīne sele-rǣdende, 1347.
sele-rest, st. f. , _bed in the hall_: acc. sg. sele-reste, 691.
sele-þegn, st. m. , _retainer, hall-thane, chamberlain_: nom. sg. , 1795.
sele-weard, st. m.
, _hall-ward, guardian of the hall_: acc. sg. , 668.
self, sylf, pron. , _self_: nom. sg. strong form, self, 1314, 1925 (?
selfa); þū self, 595; þū þē self, 954; self cyning (_the king himself, the
king too_), 921, 1011; sylf, 1965; in weak form, selfa, 1469; hē selfa, 29,
1734; þǣm þe him selfa dēah (_that can rely upon, trust to, himself_),
1840; seolfa, 3068; hē sylfa, 505; god sylfa, 3055; acc. sg. m. selfne,
1606; hine selfne (_himself_), 962; hyne selfne (_himself_, reflex. ), 2876;
wið sylfne (_beside_), 1978; gen. sg. m. selfes, 701, 896; his selfes,
1148; on sīnne sylfes dōm (_at his own will_), 2148; sylfes, 2224, 2361,
2640, 2711, 2777, 3014; his sylfes, 2014, 2326; fem. hire selfre, 1116;
nom. pl. selfe, 419; Sūð-Dene sylfe, 1997.
ge-sella, w. m. , _house-companion, comrade_: in comp. hand-gesella.
sellan, syllan, w. v. : 1) w. acc. of thing, dat. of pers. , _to give,
deliver; permit, grant, present_: pres. sg. III. seleð him on ēðle eorðan
wynne, 1731; inf. syllan, 2161, 2730; pret. sg. sealde, 72, 673, 1272,
1694, 1752, 2025, 2156, 2183, 2491, 2995; nefne god sylfa sealde þām þe hē
wolde hord openian (_unless God himself gave to whom he would to open the
hoard_), 3056; pret. sg. II. sealdest, 1483. --2) _to give, give up_ (only
w. acc. of thing): ǣr hē feorh seleð (_he prefers to give up his life_),
1371; nallas on gylp seleð fǣtte bēagas (_giveth out gold-wrought rings_,
etc. ), 1750; pret. sg. sinc-fato sealde, 623; pl. byrelas sealdon wīn of
wunder-fatum, 1162.
ge-sellan, w. acc. and dat. of pers. , _to give, deliver; grant, present_:
inf. ge-sellan, 1030; pret. sg. ge-sealde, 616, 1053, 1867, 1902, 2143,
etc.
sel-līc, syl-līc (from seld-līc), adj. , _strange, wondrous_: nom. sg. glōf
. . . syllīc, 2087; acc. sg. n. syllīc spell, 2110; acc. pl. sellīce
sǣ-dracan, 1427. Compar. acc. sg. syllīcran wiht (the dragon), 3039.
semninga, adv. , _straightway, at once_ 645, 1641, 1768.
sendan, w. v. w. acc. of thing and dat. of pers. , _to send_: pret. sg. þone
god sende folce tō frōfre (_whom God sent as a comfort to the people_), 13;
so, 471, 1843.
for-sendan, _to send away, drive off_ pret. part. hē wearð on fēonda
geweald . . . snūde for-sended, 905.
on-sendan, _to send forth, away_, w. acc. of thing and dat. of pers. :
imper. sg. on-send, 452, 1484; pret. sg. on-sende, 382; pl. þē hine . . .
forð on-sendon ǣnne ofer ȳðe (_who sent him forth alone over the sea_),
45; pret. part. bealo-cwealm hafað fela feorh-cynna feorr on-sended, 2267.
sendan (cf. Gl. Aldhelm, sanda = ferculorum, epularum, in Haupt IX. 444),
w. v. , _to feast, banquet_: pres. sg. III. sendeð, 601. --Leo.
serce, syrce, w. f. , _sark, shirt of mail_: nom. sg. syrce, 1112; nom. pl.
syrcan, 226; acc. pl. grǣge syrcan, 334. --Comp. : beadu-, heoro-serce;
here-, leoðo-, līc-syrce.
sess, st. m. , _seat, place for sitting_: dat. sg. sesse, 2718; þā hē bī
sesse gēong (_by the seat_, i. e. before the dragon's lair), 2757.
setl, st. n. , _seat, settle_: acc. sg. , 2014; dat. sg. setle, 1233, 1783,
2020; gen. sg. setles, 1787; dat. pl. setlum, 1290. --Comp. : hēah-, hilde-,
meodu-setl.
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
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