,
_spacious_
(broad enough for the sea): nom.
Beowulf
gesacan sceal
sāwl-berendra . . . gearwe stōwe _(gain the place prepared_, i. e. the
death-bed), 1005.
on-sacan: 1) (originally in a lawsuit), _to withdraw, take away, deprive
of_: pres. subj. þætte freoðuwebbe fēores on-sæce . . . lēofne mannan,
1943. --2) _to contest, dispute, withstand_: inf. þæt hē sǣmannum on-sacan
mihte (i. e. hord, bearn, and brȳde), 2955.
sacu, st. f. , _strife, hostility, feud_: nom. sg. , 1858, 2473; acc. sg.
sæce, 154; sæcce, 1978, 1990, 2348, 2500, 2563; dat. sg. æt (tō) sæcce,
954, 1619, 1666, 2613, 2660, 2682, 2687; gen. sg. secce, 601; gen. pl.
sæcca, 2030.
ge-sacu, st. f. , _strife, enmity_: nom. sg. , 1738.
sadol, st. m. , _saddle_: nom. sg. , 1039.
sadol-beorht, adj. , _with bright saddles_ (? ): acc. pl. sadol-beorht, 2176.
ge-saga. See secgan.
samne, somne, adv. , _together, united_; in æt-somne, _together, united_,
307, 402, 491, 544, 2848.
tō-somne (_together_), 3123; þā se wyrm ge-bēah snūde tō-somne (_when the
dragon quickly coiled together_), 2569.
samod, somod: I. adv. , _simultaneously, at the same time_: somod, 1212,
1615, 2175, 2988; samod, 2197; samod æt-gædere, 387, 730, 1064. --II. prep.
w. dat. , _with, at the same time with_: samod ǣr-dæge (_with the break of
day_), 1312; somod ǣr-dæge, 2943.
sand, st. n. , _sand, sandy shore_: dat. sg. on sande, 295, 1897, 3043(? );
æfter sande (_along the shore_), 1965; wið sande, 213.
sang, st. m. , _song, cry, noise_: nom. sg. sang, 1064; swutol sang scopes,
90; acc. sg. sige-lēasne sang (Grendel's cry of woe), 788; sārigne sang
(Hrēðel's dirge for Herebeald), 2448.
sāl, st. m. , _rope_: dat. sg. sāle, 1907; on sāle (sole, MS. ), 302.
sāl. See sǣl.
sār, st. n. , _wound, pain_ (physical or spiritual): nom. sg. sār, 976; sīo
sār, 2469; acc. sg. sār, 788; sāre, 2296; dat. (instr. ) sg. sāre, 1252,
2312, 2747. --Comp. līc-sār.
sār, adj. , _sore, painful_: instr. pl. sārum wordum, 2059.
sāre, adv. , _sorely, heavily, ill_, graviter: sē þe him [sā]re gesceōd
(_who injured him sorely_), 2224.
sārig, adj. , _painful, woeful_: acc. sg. sārigne sang, 2448.
sārig-ferð, adj. , _sore-hearted, grieved_: nom. sg. sārig-ferð (Wīglāf),
2864.
sārig-mōd, adj. , _sorrowful-minded, saddened_: dat. pl. sārig-mōdum, 2943.
sār-līc, adj. , _painful_: nom. sg. , 843; acc. sg. neut. , 2110.
sāwol, sāwl, st. f. , _soul_ (the immortal principle as contrasted with līf,
the physical life): nom. sg. sāwol, 2821; acc. sg. sāwle, 184, 802; hǣðene
sāwle, 853; gen. sg. sāwele, 1743; sāwle, 2423.
sāwl-berend, pres. part. , _endowed with a soul, human being_: gen. pl.
sāwl-berendra, 1005.
sāwul-drēor, st. n. , (blood gushing from the seat of the soul), _soul-gore,
heart's blood, life's blood_: instr. sg. sāwul-drīore, 2694.
sāwul-lēas, adj. , _soulless, lifeless_: acc. sg. sāwol-lēasne, 1407;
sāwul-lēasne, 3034.
sæce, sæcce. See sacu.
sæd, adj. , _satiated, wearied_: in comp. hilde-sæd.
sæl, st. n. , _habitable space, house_, _hall_: dat. sg. sel, 167; sæl, 307,
2076, 2265.
sæld, st. n. , _hall, king's hall_ or _palace_: acc. sg. geond þæt sæld
(Heorot), 1281.
sǣ, st. m. and f. , _sea, ocean_: nom. sg. , 579, 1224; acc. sg. on sīdne sǣ,
507; ofer sǣ, 2381; ofer sǣ sīde, 2395; dat. sg. tō sǣ, 318; on sǣ, 544;
dat. pl. be sǣm tweonum, 859, 1298, 1686, 1957.
sǣ-bāt, st. m. , _sea-boat_: acc. sg. , 634, 896.
sǣ-cyning, st. m. , _sea-king, king ruling the sea_: gen. pl. sǣ-cyninga,
2383.
sǣ-dēor, st. n. , _sea-beast, sea-monster_: nom. sg. , 1511.
sǣ-draca, w. m. , _sea-dragon_: acc. pl. sǣ-dracan, 1427.
ge-sǣgan, w. v. , _to fell, slay_: pret. part. hæfdon eal-fela eotena cynnes
sweordum ge-sǣged (_felled with the sword_), 885.
sǣge. See on-sǣge.
sǣ-genga, w. m. , _sea-goer_, i. e. sea-going ship: nom. sg. , 1883, 1909.
sǣ-gēap, adj.
, _spacious_ (broad enough for the sea): nom. sg. sǣ-gēap
naca, 1897.
sǣ-grund, st. m. , _sea-bottom, ocean-bottom_: dat. sg. sǣ-grunde, 564.
sǣl, sāl, sēl, st. f. : 1) _favorable opportunity, good_ or _fit time_: nom.
sg. sǣl, 623, 1666, 2059; sǣl and mǣl, 1009; acc. sg. sēle, 1136; gen. pl.
sǣla and mǣla, 1612. --2) _Fate_(? ): see Note on l. 51. --3) _happiness,
joy_: dat. pl. on sālum, 608; sǣlum, 644, 1171, 1323. See sēl, adj.
ge-sǣlan, w. v. , _to turn out favorably, succeed_: pret. sg. him ge-sǣlde
þæt . . . (_he was fortunate enough to_, etc. ), 891; so, 574; efne swylce
mǣla, swylce hira man-dryhtne þearf ge-sǣlde (_at such times as need
disposed it for their lord_), 1251.
sǣlan (see sāl), w. v. , _to tie, bind_: pret. sg. sǣlde . . . sīð-fæðme scip,
1918; pl. sǣ-wudu sǣldon, 226.
ge-sǣlan, _to bind together, weave, interweave_: pret. part. earm-bēaga
fela searwum ge-sǣled (_many curiously interwoven armlets_, i. e. made of
metal wire: see Guide to Scandinavian Antiquities, p. 48), 2765.
on-sǣlan, with acc. , _to unbind, unloose, open_: on-sǣl meoto, sige-hrēð
secgum (_disclose thy views to the men, thy victor's courage_; or, _thy
presage of victory_? ), 489.
sǣ-lāc, st. n. , _sea-gift, sea-booty_: instr. sg. sǣ-lāce, 1625; acc. pl.
þās sǣ-lāc, 1653.
sǣ-lād, st. f. , _sea-way, sea-journey_: dat. sg. sǣ-lāde, 1140, 1158.
sǣ-līðend, pres. part. , _seafarer_: nom. pl. sǣ-līðend, 411, 1819, 2807;
sǣ-līðende, 377.
sǣ-man, m. , _sea-man, sea-warrior_: dat. pl. sǣ-mannum, 2955; gen. pl.
sǣ-manna, 329 (both times said of the Gēatas).
sǣmra, weak adj. compar. , _the worse, the weaker_: nom. sg. sǣmra, 2881;
dat. sg. sǣmran, 954.
sǣ-mēðe, adj. , _sea-weary, exhausted by sea-travel_: nom. pl. sǣ-mēðe, 325.
sǣ-næs, st. m. , _sea-promontory, cape, naze_: acc. pl. sǣ-næssas, 223, 571.
sǣne, adj. , _careless, slow_: compar. sg. nom. hē on holme wæs sundes þē
sǣnra, þē hyne swylt fornam (_was the slower in swimming in the sea, whom
death took away_), 1437.
sǣ-rinc, st. m. , _sea-warrior_ or _hero_: nom. sg. , 691.
sǣ-sīð, st. m. , _sea-way, path, journey_: dat. sg. æfter sǣ-sīðe, 1150.
sǣ-wang, st. m. , _sea-shore_ or _beach_: acc. sg. sǣ-wong, 1965.
sǣ-weal, st. m. , _(sea-wall), seashore_: dat. sg. sǣ-wealle, 1925.
sǣ-wudu, st. m. , _(sea-wood), vessel, ship_: acc. sg. sǣ-wudu, 226.
sǣ-wylm, st. m. , _sea-surf, billow_: acc. pl. ofer sǣ-wylmas, 393.
scacan, sceacan, st. v. , properly, _to shake one's self_; hence, _to go,
glide, pass along_ or _away_: pres. sg. þonne mīn sceaceð līf of līce,
2743; inf. þā cōm beorht [sunne] scacan [ofer grundas], (_the bright sun
came gliding over the fields_), 1804; pret. sg. duguð ellor scōc _(the
chiefs are gone elsewhither_, i. e. have died), 2255; þonne strǣla storm . . .
scōc ofer scild-weall (_when the storm of arrows leapt over the wall of
shields_), 3119; pret. part. wæs hira blǣd scacen (_their bravest men had
passed away_), 1125; þā wæs winter scacen (_the winter was past_), 1137;
so, sceacen, 2307, 2728.
scadu, sceadu, st. f. , _shadow, concealing veil of night_: acc. sg. under
sceadu bregdan (i. e. kill), 708.
scadu-genga, w. m. , _shadow-goer, twilight-stalker_ (of Grendel): nom. sg.
sceadu-genga, 704.
scadu-helm, st. m. , _shadow-helm, veil of darkness_: gen. pl. scadu-helma
ge-sceapu (_shapes of the shadow, evil spirits wandering by night_), 651.
scalu, st. f. , _retinue, band_ (part of an armed force); in comp.
hand-scalu: mid his hand-scale (hond-scole), 1318, 1964.
scamian, w. v. , _to be ashamed_: pres. part. nom. pl. scamiende, 2851; nō
hē þǣre feoh-gyfte . . . scamigan þorfte (_needed not be ashamed of his
treasure-giving_), 1027.
scawa (see scēawlan), w. m. , _observer, visitor_: nom. pl. scawan, 1896.
ge-scād, st. n. , _difference, distinction_: acc. sg. ǣg-hwæðres gescād,
worda and worca (_difference between, of, both words and deeds_), 288.
ge-scādan, st. v. , _to decide, adjudge_: pret. sg. rodera rǣdend hit on
ryht gescēd (_decided it in accordance with right_), 1556.
scānan? See scīnan, pret. pl. scionon, 303; the imaginary scānan having
been abandoned.
ge-scæp-hwīle, st. f. , _fated hour, hour of death (appointed rest? )_: dat.
sg. tō gescæp-hwīle (_at the fated hour_), 26.
sceððan, w. v. , _to scathe, injure_: inf. w. dat.
sāwl-berendra . . . gearwe stōwe _(gain the place prepared_, i. e. the
death-bed), 1005.
on-sacan: 1) (originally in a lawsuit), _to withdraw, take away, deprive
of_: pres. subj. þætte freoðuwebbe fēores on-sæce . . . lēofne mannan,
1943. --2) _to contest, dispute, withstand_: inf. þæt hē sǣmannum on-sacan
mihte (i. e. hord, bearn, and brȳde), 2955.
sacu, st. f. , _strife, hostility, feud_: nom. sg. , 1858, 2473; acc. sg.
sæce, 154; sæcce, 1978, 1990, 2348, 2500, 2563; dat. sg. æt (tō) sæcce,
954, 1619, 1666, 2613, 2660, 2682, 2687; gen. sg. secce, 601; gen. pl.
sæcca, 2030.
ge-sacu, st. f. , _strife, enmity_: nom. sg. , 1738.
sadol, st. m. , _saddle_: nom. sg. , 1039.
sadol-beorht, adj. , _with bright saddles_ (? ): acc. pl. sadol-beorht, 2176.
ge-saga. See secgan.
samne, somne, adv. , _together, united_; in æt-somne, _together, united_,
307, 402, 491, 544, 2848.
tō-somne (_together_), 3123; þā se wyrm ge-bēah snūde tō-somne (_when the
dragon quickly coiled together_), 2569.
samod, somod: I. adv. , _simultaneously, at the same time_: somod, 1212,
1615, 2175, 2988; samod, 2197; samod æt-gædere, 387, 730, 1064. --II. prep.
w. dat. , _with, at the same time with_: samod ǣr-dæge (_with the break of
day_), 1312; somod ǣr-dæge, 2943.
sand, st. n. , _sand, sandy shore_: dat. sg. on sande, 295, 1897, 3043(? );
æfter sande (_along the shore_), 1965; wið sande, 213.
sang, st. m. , _song, cry, noise_: nom. sg. sang, 1064; swutol sang scopes,
90; acc. sg. sige-lēasne sang (Grendel's cry of woe), 788; sārigne sang
(Hrēðel's dirge for Herebeald), 2448.
sāl, st. m. , _rope_: dat. sg. sāle, 1907; on sāle (sole, MS. ), 302.
sāl. See sǣl.
sār, st. n. , _wound, pain_ (physical or spiritual): nom. sg. sār, 976; sīo
sār, 2469; acc. sg. sār, 788; sāre, 2296; dat. (instr. ) sg. sāre, 1252,
2312, 2747. --Comp. līc-sār.
sār, adj. , _sore, painful_: instr. pl. sārum wordum, 2059.
sāre, adv. , _sorely, heavily, ill_, graviter: sē þe him [sā]re gesceōd
(_who injured him sorely_), 2224.
sārig, adj. , _painful, woeful_: acc. sg. sārigne sang, 2448.
sārig-ferð, adj. , _sore-hearted, grieved_: nom. sg. sārig-ferð (Wīglāf),
2864.
sārig-mōd, adj. , _sorrowful-minded, saddened_: dat. pl. sārig-mōdum, 2943.
sār-līc, adj. , _painful_: nom. sg. , 843; acc. sg. neut. , 2110.
sāwol, sāwl, st. f. , _soul_ (the immortal principle as contrasted with līf,
the physical life): nom. sg. sāwol, 2821; acc. sg. sāwle, 184, 802; hǣðene
sāwle, 853; gen. sg. sāwele, 1743; sāwle, 2423.
sāwl-berend, pres. part. , _endowed with a soul, human being_: gen. pl.
sāwl-berendra, 1005.
sāwul-drēor, st. n. , (blood gushing from the seat of the soul), _soul-gore,
heart's blood, life's blood_: instr. sg. sāwul-drīore, 2694.
sāwul-lēas, adj. , _soulless, lifeless_: acc. sg. sāwol-lēasne, 1407;
sāwul-lēasne, 3034.
sæce, sæcce. See sacu.
sæd, adj. , _satiated, wearied_: in comp. hilde-sæd.
sæl, st. n. , _habitable space, house_, _hall_: dat. sg. sel, 167; sæl, 307,
2076, 2265.
sæld, st. n. , _hall, king's hall_ or _palace_: acc. sg. geond þæt sæld
(Heorot), 1281.
sǣ, st. m. and f. , _sea, ocean_: nom. sg. , 579, 1224; acc. sg. on sīdne sǣ,
507; ofer sǣ, 2381; ofer sǣ sīde, 2395; dat. sg. tō sǣ, 318; on sǣ, 544;
dat. pl. be sǣm tweonum, 859, 1298, 1686, 1957.
sǣ-bāt, st. m. , _sea-boat_: acc. sg. , 634, 896.
sǣ-cyning, st. m. , _sea-king, king ruling the sea_: gen. pl. sǣ-cyninga,
2383.
sǣ-dēor, st. n. , _sea-beast, sea-monster_: nom. sg. , 1511.
sǣ-draca, w. m. , _sea-dragon_: acc. pl. sǣ-dracan, 1427.
ge-sǣgan, w. v. , _to fell, slay_: pret. part. hæfdon eal-fela eotena cynnes
sweordum ge-sǣged (_felled with the sword_), 885.
sǣge. See on-sǣge.
sǣ-genga, w. m. , _sea-goer_, i. e. sea-going ship: nom. sg. , 1883, 1909.
sǣ-gēap, adj.
, _spacious_ (broad enough for the sea): nom. sg. sǣ-gēap
naca, 1897.
sǣ-grund, st. m. , _sea-bottom, ocean-bottom_: dat. sg. sǣ-grunde, 564.
sǣl, sāl, sēl, st. f. : 1) _favorable opportunity, good_ or _fit time_: nom.
sg. sǣl, 623, 1666, 2059; sǣl and mǣl, 1009; acc. sg. sēle, 1136; gen. pl.
sǣla and mǣla, 1612. --2) _Fate_(? ): see Note on l. 51. --3) _happiness,
joy_: dat. pl. on sālum, 608; sǣlum, 644, 1171, 1323. See sēl, adj.
ge-sǣlan, w. v. , _to turn out favorably, succeed_: pret. sg. him ge-sǣlde
þæt . . . (_he was fortunate enough to_, etc. ), 891; so, 574; efne swylce
mǣla, swylce hira man-dryhtne þearf ge-sǣlde (_at such times as need
disposed it for their lord_), 1251.
sǣlan (see sāl), w. v. , _to tie, bind_: pret. sg. sǣlde . . . sīð-fæðme scip,
1918; pl. sǣ-wudu sǣldon, 226.
ge-sǣlan, _to bind together, weave, interweave_: pret. part. earm-bēaga
fela searwum ge-sǣled (_many curiously interwoven armlets_, i. e. made of
metal wire: see Guide to Scandinavian Antiquities, p. 48), 2765.
on-sǣlan, with acc. , _to unbind, unloose, open_: on-sǣl meoto, sige-hrēð
secgum (_disclose thy views to the men, thy victor's courage_; or, _thy
presage of victory_? ), 489.
sǣ-lāc, st. n. , _sea-gift, sea-booty_: instr. sg. sǣ-lāce, 1625; acc. pl.
þās sǣ-lāc, 1653.
sǣ-lād, st. f. , _sea-way, sea-journey_: dat. sg. sǣ-lāde, 1140, 1158.
sǣ-līðend, pres. part. , _seafarer_: nom. pl. sǣ-līðend, 411, 1819, 2807;
sǣ-līðende, 377.
sǣ-man, m. , _sea-man, sea-warrior_: dat. pl. sǣ-mannum, 2955; gen. pl.
sǣ-manna, 329 (both times said of the Gēatas).
sǣmra, weak adj. compar. , _the worse, the weaker_: nom. sg. sǣmra, 2881;
dat. sg. sǣmran, 954.
sǣ-mēðe, adj. , _sea-weary, exhausted by sea-travel_: nom. pl. sǣ-mēðe, 325.
sǣ-næs, st. m. , _sea-promontory, cape, naze_: acc. pl. sǣ-næssas, 223, 571.
sǣne, adj. , _careless, slow_: compar. sg. nom. hē on holme wæs sundes þē
sǣnra, þē hyne swylt fornam (_was the slower in swimming in the sea, whom
death took away_), 1437.
sǣ-rinc, st. m. , _sea-warrior_ or _hero_: nom. sg. , 691.
sǣ-sīð, st. m. , _sea-way, path, journey_: dat. sg. æfter sǣ-sīðe, 1150.
sǣ-wang, st. m. , _sea-shore_ or _beach_: acc. sg. sǣ-wong, 1965.
sǣ-weal, st. m. , _(sea-wall), seashore_: dat. sg. sǣ-wealle, 1925.
sǣ-wudu, st. m. , _(sea-wood), vessel, ship_: acc. sg. sǣ-wudu, 226.
sǣ-wylm, st. m. , _sea-surf, billow_: acc. pl. ofer sǣ-wylmas, 393.
scacan, sceacan, st. v. , properly, _to shake one's self_; hence, _to go,
glide, pass along_ or _away_: pres. sg. þonne mīn sceaceð līf of līce,
2743; inf. þā cōm beorht [sunne] scacan [ofer grundas], (_the bright sun
came gliding over the fields_), 1804; pret. sg. duguð ellor scōc _(the
chiefs are gone elsewhither_, i. e. have died), 2255; þonne strǣla storm . . .
scōc ofer scild-weall (_when the storm of arrows leapt over the wall of
shields_), 3119; pret. part. wæs hira blǣd scacen (_their bravest men had
passed away_), 1125; þā wæs winter scacen (_the winter was past_), 1137;
so, sceacen, 2307, 2728.
scadu, sceadu, st. f. , _shadow, concealing veil of night_: acc. sg. under
sceadu bregdan (i. e. kill), 708.
scadu-genga, w. m. , _shadow-goer, twilight-stalker_ (of Grendel): nom. sg.
sceadu-genga, 704.
scadu-helm, st. m. , _shadow-helm, veil of darkness_: gen. pl. scadu-helma
ge-sceapu (_shapes of the shadow, evil spirits wandering by night_), 651.
scalu, st. f. , _retinue, band_ (part of an armed force); in comp.
hand-scalu: mid his hand-scale (hond-scole), 1318, 1964.
scamian, w. v. , _to be ashamed_: pres. part. nom. pl. scamiende, 2851; nō
hē þǣre feoh-gyfte . . . scamigan þorfte (_needed not be ashamed of his
treasure-giving_), 1027.
scawa (see scēawlan), w. m. , _observer, visitor_: nom. pl. scawan, 1896.
ge-scād, st. n. , _difference, distinction_: acc. sg. ǣg-hwæðres gescād,
worda and worca (_difference between, of, both words and deeds_), 288.
ge-scādan, st. v. , _to decide, adjudge_: pret. sg. rodera rǣdend hit on
ryht gescēd (_decided it in accordance with right_), 1556.
scānan? See scīnan, pret. pl. scionon, 303; the imaginary scānan having
been abandoned.
ge-scæp-hwīle, st. f. , _fated hour, hour of death (appointed rest? )_: dat.
sg. tō gescæp-hwīle (_at the fated hour_), 26.
sceððan, w. v. , _to scathe, injure_: inf. w. dat.
