I. Beówulf: an Anglo-Saxon poem. II. The fight at Finnsburh: a fragment.
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I. Beówulf: an Anglo-Saxon poem. II. The fight at Finnsburh: a fragment.
Dragons -- Poetry; Epic poetry, English (Old); Monsters -- Poetry
sâwol, sâwl, st. f., _soul_ (the immortal principle as contrasted with lîf,
the physical life): nom. sg. sâwol, 2821; acc. sg. sâwle, 184, 802; hæðene
sâwle, 853; gen. sg. sâwele, 1743; sâwle, 2423.
sâwl-berend, pres. part., _endowed with a soul, human being_: gen. pl.
sâwl-berendra, 1005.
sâwul-dreór, st. n., (blood gushing from the seat of the soul), _soul-gore,
heart's blood, life's blood_: instr. sg. sâwul-drióre, 2694.
sâwul-leás, adj., _soulless, lifeless_: acc. sg. sâwol-leásne, 1407;
sâwul-leásne, 3034.
säce, säcce. See sacu.
säd, adj., _satiated, wearied_: in comp. hilde-säd.
säl, st. n., _habitable space, house_, _hall_: dat. sg. sel, 167; säl, 307,
2076, 2265.
säld, st. n., _hall, king's hall_ or _palace_: acc. sg. geond þät säld
(Heorot), 1281.
sæ, st. m. and f., _sea, ocean_: nom. sg., 579, 1224; acc. sg. on sîdne sæ,
507; ofer sæ, 2381; ofer sæ sîde, 2395; dat. sg. tô sæ, 318; on sæ, 544;
dat. pl. be sæm tweonum, 859, 1298, 1686, 1957.
sæ-bât, st. m., _sea-boat_: acc. sg., 634, 896.
sæ-cyning, st. m., _sea-king, king ruling the sea_: gen. pl. sæ-cyninga,
2383.
sæ-deór, st. n., _sea-beast, sea-monster_: nom. sg., 1511.
sæ-draca, w. m., _sea-dragon_: acc. pl. sæ-dracan, 1427.
ge-sægan, w. v., _to fell, slay_: pret. part. häfdon eal-fela eotena cynnes
sweordum ge-sæged (_felled with the sword_), 885.
sæge. See on-sæge.
sæ-genga, w. m., _sea-goer_, i.e. sea-going ship: nom. sg., 1883, 1909.
sæ-geáp, adj., _spacious_ (broad enough for the sea): nom. sg. sæ-geáp
naca, 1897.
sæ-grund, st. m., _sea-bottom, ocean-bottom_: dat. sg. sæ-grunde, 564.
sæl, sâl, sêl, st. f.: 1) _favorable opportunity, good_ or _fit time_: nom.
sg. sæl, 623, 1666, 2059; sæl and mæl, 1009; acc. sg. sêle, 1136; gen. pl.
sæla and mæla, 1612.--2) _Fate_(?): see Note on l. 51.--3) _happiness,
joy_: dat. pl. on sâlum, 608; sælum, 644, 1171, 1323. See sêl, adj.
ge-sælan, w. v., _to turn out favorably, succeed_: pret. sg. him ge-sælde
þät ...(_he was fortunate enough to_, etc.), 891; so, 574; efne swylce
mæla, swylce hira man-dryhtne þearf ge-sælde (_at such times as need
disposed it for their lord_), 1251.
sælan (see sâl), w. v., _to tie, bind_: pret. sg. sælde ... sîð-fäðme scip,
1918; pl. sæ-wudu sældon, 226.
ge-sælan, _to bind together, weave, interweave_: pret. part. earm-beága
fela searwum ge-sæled (_many curiously interwoven armlets_, i.e. made of
metal wire: see Guide to Scandinavian Antiquities, p. 48), 2765.
on-sælan, with acc., _to unbind, unloose, open_: on-sæl meoto, sige-hrêð
secgum (_disclose thy views to the men, thy victor's courage_; or, _thy
presage of victory_?), 489.
sæ-lâc, st. n., _sea-gift, sea-booty_: instr. sg. sæ-lâce, 1625; acc. pl.
þâs sæ-lâc, 1653.
sæ-lâd, st. f., _sea-way, sea-journey_: dat. sg. sæ-lâde, 1140, 1158.
sæ-lîðend, pres. part., _seafarer_: nom. pl. sæ-lîðend, 411, 1819, 2807;
sæ-lîðende, 377.
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