, _shadow,
concealing
veil of night_: acc.
Beowulf
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. pers. , 1034; aldre
sceððan (_hurt her life_), 1525; þæt on land Dena lāðra nǣnig mid scipherge
sceððan ne meahte (_injure through robber incursions_), 243; pret. sg. þǣr
him nǣnig wæter wihte ne sceðede, 1515.
ge-sceððan, the same: inf. þæt him . . . ne mihte eorres inwit-feng aldre
gesceððan, 1448.
scenc, st. m. , _vessel, can_: in comp. medu-scenc.
scencan, w. v. , _to hand drink, pour out_: pret. sg. scencte scīr wered,
496 (cf. skinker = cup-bearer).
scenne, w. f. ? , _sword-guard? _: dat. pl. on þǣm scennum scīran goldes,
1695.
sceran, st. v. , _to shear off, cleave, hew to pieces_: pres. sg. þonne
heoru bunden . . . swīn ofer helme andweard scireð (_hews off the boar-head
on the helm_), 1288.
ge-sceran, _to divide, hew in two_: pret. sg. helm oft ge-scær (_often
clove the helm in two_), 1527; so, gescer, 2974.
scerwen, st. f. ? , in comp. ealu-scerwen (_ale-scare_ or _panic_? ), 770.
scēt. See scēotan.
sceadu. See scadu.
sceaða, w. m. : 1) _scather, foe_: gen. pl. sceaðena, 4. --2) _fighter,
warrior_: nom. pl. scaðan, 1804. --Comp. : attor-, dol-, fēond-, gūð-,
hearm-, lēod-, mān-, sin-, þēod-, ūht-sceaða.
sceaðan, st. v. w. dat. , _to scathe, injure, crush_: pret. sg. sē þe oft
manegum scōd (_which has oft oppressed many_), 1888.
ge-sceaðan, w. dat. , the same: pret. sg. swā him ǣr gescōd hild æt Heorote,
1588; sē þe him sāre ge-sceōd (_who injured him sorely_), 2224; nō þȳ ǣr
in gescōd hālan līce, 1503; bill ǣr gescōd eald-hlāfordes þām þāra māðma
mund-bora wæs (_the weapon of the ancient chieftain had before laid low the
dragon, the guardian of the treasure_), 2778 (or, _sheathed in brass_? , if
ǣr and gescōd form compound).
sceaðen-mǣl, st. n. , _deadly weapon, hostile sword_: nom. sg. , 1940.
sceaft, st. m. , _shaft, spear, missile_: nom. sg. sceft, 3119. --Comp. :
here-, wæl-sceaft.
ge-sceaft, st. f. : 1) _creation, earth, earthly existence_: acc. sg. þās
lǣnan ge-sceaft, 1623. --2) _fate, destiny_: in comp. forð-, līf-,
mǣl-gesceaft.
scealc, st. m. , _servant, military retainer_: nom. sg. , 919; (of Bēowulf),
940. --Comp bēor-scealc.
ge-sceap, st. n. : 1) _shape, creature_: nom. pl. scadu-helma ge-sceapu,
651. --2) _fate, providence_: acc. sg. hēah ge-sceap (_heavy fate_), 3085.
sceapan, sceppan, scyppan, st. v. , _to shape, create, order, arrange,
establish_: pres. part. scyppend (_the Creator_), 106; pret. sg. scōp him
Heort naman (_shaped, gave, it the name Heorot_), 78; pres. part. wæs sīo
wrōht scepen heard wið Hūgas, syððan Hygelāc cwōm (_the contest with the
Hūgas became sharp after H. had come_), 2915.
ge-sceapan, _to shape, create_: pret. sg. līf ge-sceōp cynna gehwylcum, 97.
scear, st. m. , _massacre_: in comp. gūð-, inwit-scear, 2429, etc.
scearp, adj. , _sharp, able, brave_: nom. sg. scearp scyld-wiga,
288. --Comp. : beadu-, heaðo-scearp.
scearu, st. f. , _division, body, troop_: in comp. folc-scearu; _that is
decided_ or _determined_, in gūð-scearu (_overthrow_? ), 1214.
sceat, st. m. , _money_; also _unit of value in appraising_ (cf. Rieger in
Zacher's Zeits. 3, 415): acc. pl. sceattas, 1687. When numbers are given,
sceat appears to be left out, cf. 2196, 2995 (see þūsend). --Comp.
gif-sceat.
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. pers. , 1034; aldre
sceððan (_hurt her life_), 1525; þæt on land Dena lāðra nǣnig mid scipherge
sceððan ne meahte (_injure through robber incursions_), 243; pret. sg. þǣr
him nǣnig wæter wihte ne sceðede, 1515.
ge-sceððan, the same: inf. þæt him . . . ne mihte eorres inwit-feng aldre
gesceððan, 1448.
scenc, st. m. , _vessel, can_: in comp. medu-scenc.
scencan, w. v. , _to hand drink, pour out_: pret. sg. scencte scīr wered,
496 (cf. skinker = cup-bearer).
scenne, w. f. ? , _sword-guard? _: dat. pl. on þǣm scennum scīran goldes,
1695.
sceran, st. v. , _to shear off, cleave, hew to pieces_: pres. sg. þonne
heoru bunden . . . swīn ofer helme andweard scireð (_hews off the boar-head
on the helm_), 1288.
ge-sceran, _to divide, hew in two_: pret. sg. helm oft ge-scær (_often
clove the helm in two_), 1527; so, gescer, 2974.
scerwen, st. f. ? , in comp. ealu-scerwen (_ale-scare_ or _panic_? ), 770.
scēt. See scēotan.
sceadu. See scadu.
sceaða, w. m. : 1) _scather, foe_: gen. pl. sceaðena, 4. --2) _fighter,
warrior_: nom. pl. scaðan, 1804. --Comp. : attor-, dol-, fēond-, gūð-,
hearm-, lēod-, mān-, sin-, þēod-, ūht-sceaða.
sceaðan, st. v. w. dat. , _to scathe, injure, crush_: pret. sg. sē þe oft
manegum scōd (_which has oft oppressed many_), 1888.
ge-sceaðan, w. dat. , the same: pret. sg. swā him ǣr gescōd hild æt Heorote,
1588; sē þe him sāre ge-sceōd (_who injured him sorely_), 2224; nō þȳ ǣr
in gescōd hālan līce, 1503; bill ǣr gescōd eald-hlāfordes þām þāra māðma
mund-bora wæs (_the weapon of the ancient chieftain had before laid low the
dragon, the guardian of the treasure_), 2778 (or, _sheathed in brass_? , if
ǣr and gescōd form compound).
sceaðen-mǣl, st. n. , _deadly weapon, hostile sword_: nom. sg. , 1940.
sceaft, st. m. , _shaft, spear, missile_: nom. sg. sceft, 3119. --Comp. :
here-, wæl-sceaft.
ge-sceaft, st. f. : 1) _creation, earth, earthly existence_: acc. sg. þās
lǣnan ge-sceaft, 1623. --2) _fate, destiny_: in comp. forð-, līf-,
mǣl-gesceaft.
scealc, st. m. , _servant, military retainer_: nom. sg. , 919; (of Bēowulf),
940. --Comp bēor-scealc.
ge-sceap, st. n. : 1) _shape, creature_: nom. pl. scadu-helma ge-sceapu,
651. --2) _fate, providence_: acc. sg. hēah ge-sceap (_heavy fate_), 3085.
sceapan, sceppan, scyppan, st. v. , _to shape, create, order, arrange,
establish_: pres. part. scyppend (_the Creator_), 106; pret. sg. scōp him
Heort naman (_shaped, gave, it the name Heorot_), 78; pres. part. wæs sīo
wrōht scepen heard wið Hūgas, syððan Hygelāc cwōm (_the contest with the
Hūgas became sharp after H. had come_), 2915.
ge-sceapan, _to shape, create_: pret. sg. līf ge-sceōp cynna gehwylcum, 97.
scear, st. m. , _massacre_: in comp. gūð-, inwit-scear, 2429, etc.
scearp, adj. , _sharp, able, brave_: nom. sg. scearp scyld-wiga,
288. --Comp. : beadu-, heaðo-scearp.
scearu, st. f. , _division, body, troop_: in comp. folc-scearu; _that is
decided_ or _determined_, in gūð-scearu (_overthrow_? ), 1214.
sceat, st. m. , _money_; also _unit of value in appraising_ (cf. Rieger in
Zacher's Zeits. 3, 415): acc. pl. sceattas, 1687. When numbers are given,
sceat appears to be left out, cf. 2196, 2995 (see þūsend). --Comp.
gif-sceat.
