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SEÓN -- -SEÓÞA. 865

sáwon, Andr. Kmbl. 3355 ; An. 1681. Ðæs ðe (hió) ælda bearn eágum sáwe, Exon. Th. 493, 7; Rä. 81, 26. Eode scealc monig searowundor seón, Beo. Th. 1844; B. 920: 2735 ; B. 1365 : Cd. Th. 125, 25 ; Gen. 2084. (2) with acc. and infin.:-- Ic seah turf tredan .vi. gebróðor, Exon. Th. 394, 10; Rä. 14, 1: 400, 1; Rä. 20, 1: 414, 29; Rä. 33, 3: 434, 15 ; Rä. 52, 1. (3) with acc. and predicative adj. or participle:-- Hý grim helle fýr gearo tó wíte andweard seóþ, Exon. Th. 78, 8; Cri. 1271. Ne seah ic elþeódige módiglícran, Beo. Th. 678; B. 336. Hý God upstígende eágum ségun, Exon. Th. 34, 3; Cri. 536. (4) with clause:-- Hý on ða clæ-acute;nan seóþ, hú hí blissiaþ, Exon. 79, 6; Cri. 1286: Beo. Th. 5428; B. 2717. II. to see, to visit:-- Næ-acute;nig cépa ne seah (geseah, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 13) ellendne wearod nondum nova litora viderat hospes, Met. 8, 29. Hát in gán seón sibbegedriht, Beo. Th. 779; B. 387. Uton éfstan seón and sécean searogeþræc, 6195; B. 3102. II a. metaph.:-- Hé heán gewát deáþwíc seón, Beo. Th. 2555; B. 1275. III. to see, perceive, discern, understand:-- Ic seó ðé, ðæt is, ðæt ic ongite ðínne willan bútan tweón, Ps. Th. 5, 3. Sóðfæst blissaþ, ðonne hé síþ hú ða árleásan ealle forweorðaþ, 57, 9. Sioh nú sylfa ðé, hú ðec heofones cyning geséceþ. Exon. Th. 4, 27; Cri. 59. Seh ðé ecce. Ps. Surt. 32, 18: 38, 6. Sih ðé, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 19, 16, 27: 24, 25, 26. Wénaþ ða dysgan, ðæt æ-acute;lc mon sié blind swá hí sint, and ðæt nán mon ne mæ-acute;ge seón (gesión, Cote. MS.) ðæt hí gesión ne mágon, Bt. 38, 5; Fox 206, 21. IV. to see (as in to see death), to experience:-- Mec ongan hreówan ðæt moncynnes tuddor sceolde máncwealm seón, Exon. Th. 86, 33; Cri. 1417. Morðorleán seón, 98, 24; Cri. 1612. Hé forþ gewát metodsceaft seón he died. Cd. Th. 104, 31; Gen. 1743: B. 2364; B. 1180. V. with prepositions, to look at, on :-- On ðæt ða folc seóþ, Exon. Th. 80, 2 ; Cri. 1301. Seóþ on éce gewyrht, 448, 29; Dóm. 61. Ealle synd gedréfede ðe hí on sióþ conturbati sunt omnes qui videbant eos, Ps. Th. 63, 8. Secg seah on unleófe, Beo. Th. 5719; B. 2863. Folc tó sæ-acute;gon, 2849; B. 1422: Elen. Kmbl. 2208; El. 1105. Ðæ-acute;r hí tó ségon, Andr. Kmbl. 1422; An. 711: Exon. Th. 260, 3 ; Jul. 291. Ségun, 31, 14; Cri. 495. Hí cómon on ðæt wundor seón, Cd. Th. 261, 25; Dan. 731. Fægre leomu on tó seónne, Blickl. Homl. 113, 22. [Goth. saihwan : O. Sax. sehan: O. Frs. sía: O. H. Ger. sehan: Icel. sjá.] v. be- (bi-), for-, fore-, ge-, geond-, of-, ofer-, on-, þurh-, ymb-seón.

seón (from síhan); p. sáh, pl. sigon; pp. sigen (cf. león), seowen (v. á-seowen, Lchdm. ii. 26, 11), siwen (v. á-siwen, Lchdm. ii. 124, 14), seón (v. bi-seón. Exon. Th. 67, 13; Cri. 1088). I. trans. To strain, filer:-- Siid excolat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 107, 71. Seóh þurh cláþ. Lchdm. ii. 24, I : iii. 14, 18. II. intrans. To rwn as a sore, ooze, trickle:-- Manegum men liþseáu sýhþ. Lchdm. ii. 132, 10. Ðæt se læ-acute;ce sceolde ásceótan ðæt geswell; ðá dyde hé swá, and ðæ-acute;r sáh út wyrms, Homl. Skt. i. 20, 64. Wið seóndre exe, Lchdm. iii. 70, 20. Wið seóndum geallan, Lchdm. ii. 314, 7, 10. Wið seóndum ómum, 102, 9. Eal ðæt folc wæs on blæ-acute;dran and ða wæ-acute;ron berstende and ða worms út siónde (ulcera manantia). Ors. 1, 7 ; Swt. 38, 7. [Mid þornene crune his heaued was icruned, swa þet þet rede blod sch ut on iwulche half, O. E. Homl. i. 121, 12. Syynge or clensynge colacio, colatura, Prompt. Parv. 455. I sye mylke, Cath. Ang. 339, n. 3. Halliwell gives sie as a word still in use in Derbyshire. O. H. Ger. síhan colare, excolare, liquare: Ger. seihen: Icel. sía to strain.] v. á-, ge-seón; seohhe, sígan.

seón; seondon, -seonod. v. sín, wlite-, wundor-seón; sind, a-seonod.

seonoþ, sionoþ, senoþ, sinoþ, synoþ (-aþ, -od), es; m, A synod, council, meeting:-- Sinoþ sinodus, Wrt. Voc. i. 72, 76. I. mostly used of the councils of the Christian Church :-- Seonod (sinoþ) wæs æt Ácleá, Chr. 782 ; Erl. 57, 6. Wæs senoþ (sinoþ, MS. E.) æt Heorotforda, 673; Erl. ; 36, 2 : 822; Erl. 62, 13. Hér wæs geflitfullíc senoþ æt Cealchýþe, 785 ; Erl. 56, 7. Se hálga sinoþ, Bd. 4, 17; S. 585, 41. Æfter ealles sinoþes dóme, 3, 7; S. 530, 35. Be ðæm sinoþe se wæs geworden on ðam felda se wæs genemned Hæ-acute;þfeld, 4, 17 ; S. 585, 7. On ðam miclan synoþ æt Greátanleáge, L. Ath. i. 26; Th. i. 214, 7. Eádmund cyning gesomnode micelne sinoþ tó Lundenbyrig æ-acute;gðer ge godcundra háda ge woruldcunda, L. Edm. E. proem. ; Th. i. 244, 2. Gif preóst sinoþ forbúge, gebéte ðæt, L. N. P. L. 44; Th. ii. 296, 16. Monega þeóda Cristes geleáfan onféngon; ðá wurdon monega seonoþas gegaderode, L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 58, 2. Ðás feówer sinoþas (the councils of Nice, Ephesus, Constantinople, and Chalcedon), Wulfst. 270, 15. II. in other senses :-- Bæ-acute;don ðæt eft óðer seonaþ wæ-acute;re (of the meeting between Augustine and the British Christians), Bd. 2, 2 ; S. 502, 36. Tó sionoþe (the Council called by Constantine to enquire about the cross), Elen. Kmbl. 307; El. 154. Hig tó ðæra Iudéa synoþe cómon, Nicod. 18; Thw. 8. 31. Wile fæder engla seonoþ gehégan Exon. Th. 231, 23; Ph. 493. [The word is borrowed also by O. Frs. and O. H. Ger.] v. bisceop-seonoþ, and following words.

seonoþ-bóc; f. A book containing the decrees of a synod:-- Hié on monegum senoþum monegra menniscra misdæ-acute;da bóte gesetton, and on monega senoþbéc hý writon, hwæ-acute;r ánne dóm, hwæ-acute;r óðerne, L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 58, 15.

seonoþ-dóm, es; m. The decree of a synod:-- Seonoþdómas reccan, Elen. Kembl. 1101; El. 552.

seonoþlíc; adj. Synodal, of a synod or meeting:-- Ðá wæs sionoþlíc gemót, Chart. Th. 70, 10. Ðære sinoþlícan dæ-acute;de synodicae actionis, Bd. 4, 5; S. 572, 1. Mid sinoþlícum stafum synodalibus literis, 4, 17;

seonoþ-stów, e; f. A place f or a synod or meeting, a place of assembly:-- Sinaþstów conciliabulum, locus sinodalis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 19. Geseóþ gé ðæt hé æ-acute;rest tó ðære sinoþstówe (ad locum synodi) cymeþ, Bd. 2, 2 ; S. 503, 9.

seonu, sionu, senu, sinu, synu; gen. seonwe, sine; weak forms also occur; f. A sinew, nerve, tendon:-- Sionu nervus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 114, 67. Sinu, i. 71, 42. Gif sin[o] scrince . . . and gif sino clæppette. Lchdm. ii. 6, 13 - 15. Ðá æthrán hé his sine on his þeó tetigit nervum femoris ejus, Gen. 32, 25. Healt for ðære sinwe (synewe, MS. B.) wunde, L. Alf. pol. 75; Th. i. 100, 5. Gif man on sinwe besleá æt blódlæ-acute;tan. Lchdm. ii. 16, 8. Gif mon ða. greátan sinwe (synewe, MS. B.) forsleá, L. Alf. pol. 75; Th. i. 100, 3. Gif ða smalan sinwe (synewan, MS. B.) mon forsleá, 76; Th. i. 100, 8. Nellaþ folc etan sine (nervum), Gen. 32, 32. Seonuwa [beóþ] fortogene. Lchdm. iii. 48, 28: 50, 5. Seonowe onsprungon. Beo. Th. 1639; B. 817. Seonwe (sina. Soul Kmbl. 217), Exon. Th. 373, 19; Seel. iii. Sionwe, Andr. Kmbl. 2849; An. 1427. Senwe nerve, Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 37. Sena, 65, 15. Sinu (-a ?), 44, 23. Gif sinwe sýn forcorfene. Lchdm. ii. 328, 5. Wið sina sáre, i. 84, 10. Wið ðara sina bifunge, 104, 27. Sina togung, 136, 9. Syna, 136, 19. Sina getog, 356, 3. Seonowum beslítan, Exon. Th. 371, 9; Seel. 73. Seonwum (synum, Soul Kmbl. 123), 370, 20; Seel. 62. Mid rápum of sinum geworhte nerviceis funibus, Jud. 16, 7. Se líchama wæs geboren mid blóde and mid bánum, mid felle and mid sinum, Homl. Th. ii. 270, 19. Áræ-acute;ran of duste flæ-acute;sc and bán, sina and fex, i. 236, 21. On ða sáran sinua, Lchdm. ii. 282, 6. For flæ-acute;sc and for bán and for sinuwan, L. Edg. C. 9; Th. ii. 264, 4. Sinuwa, Anglia xi. 101, 47. [C. Frs. sini(-e), sene, sin: O. H. Ger. senawa : Icel. sin; pl. sinar and sinur.] v. hóh-sinu.

seonu-ben[n], e; f. A wound or injury of a sinew:-- Seonobennum seóc crippled. Exon. Th. 328, 17; Vy. 19. v. next word.

seonu-bend (?), e; f. A bond made of sinews (?) :-- Siððan hine Níðhád on néde legde swoncre seonobende (Grein would read -benne, which is more in accordance with the story in the Edda, that Völund had the sinews of the knees cut: v. Thorpe's note on this passage, and his Northern Mythology, i. 86. For confusion of benne and bende see ben). Exon. Th. 377, 19; Deór. 6. v. preceding word.

seonu-dolh, es; n. A wound of a sinew:-- Benna weallaþ, seonodolg swátige. Andr. Kmbl. 2811; An. 1408.

seonu-wealt (sionu-, sinu-, sino-, sine-, sin-, syne-); adj. That may be always rolled, round:-- -Sinewealt gesceap volubile scema, Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 18. Sionuualt torosa (teres ?), ii. 122, 54. Sionewaltum conteriti (cum teritif), 21, 56. I. round, circular, cylindrical:-- Sinewealt cleofa absida, Wrt. Voc. i. 58, 34. Syneweald wafungstede amphitheatrum, 37, 1. Sineweald trendel circulus, Hpt. Gl. 418, 16. Se móna went his hrigc tó ðære sunnan, ðæt is, se sinewealta ende ðe ðæ-acute;r onlýht biþ, Lchdm. iii. 242, 14. Ðæs sinewealtan hringes teretes(-is ?) cycli, Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 60. Timbredon men seonewalte (cf. cyrice is sinhwyrfel . . . seó is unoferhréfed, Blickl. Homl. 125, 21) cirican. Shrn. 80, 37. Hæfde ðæt deór seonowealt heáfod swelce móna, Nar. 20, 27. Heó is leáfun sine-wealton. Lchdm. i. 290, 8, 18. II. round, spherical, globular, of a building, having a concave roof or dome:-- Seó heofen is sinewealt, Lchdm. iii. 232, 20 : Boutr. Scrd. 18, 24. Sineweald cliuen rotundus, teres globus, Hpt. Gl. 446, 67. Corn sonuuald (the manna eaten in the desert), Jn. Skt. Lind. 6, 31, rubc. Hyre wyrttruma ys synewealt the root is a bulb, Lchdm. i. 152, 16. Seó byrgen (Christ's tomb) is sinowalt bús ácorfen of ánum stáne, Shrn. 68, 35. Of sinuwealtum cliwene ex teriti glomere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 20 : 83, 19. Sinewæltum, Hpt. Gl. 494, 17. Wyrc hit sinewealt make it into a ball, Lchdm. i. 72, 21. Sinwealte swammas volvi, Wrt. Voc. i. 30, 28. Heó hafaþ berian synewealte, Lchdm. i. 276, 24. v. sin-, sin-hweorfol.

seonuwealtian to reel, not to stand firmly:-- Sinewealtigan (wine-, Wrt.) vacillare, Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 48.

seonuwealtness, e; f. Roundness, circularity, sphericity:-- Sinewealtnes globositas, Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 19. Ðære eorþan sinewealtnes the sphericity of the earth, Lchdm. iii. 258, 10. For ðære eorþan sinewealtynysse, 260, 11.

seonu-wind an artery:-- Sinewind arteriae, Wrt. Voc. ii. 8, 29. [Cf. (?) O. H. Ger. sen-ádra arteria, nervus.] Cf. wind-æ-acute;dre, sin-.

seorðan, seordan (?) ; p. searð To violate:-- Ne serð ðú óðres monnes wíf non moechaberis, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 27. [From (?) Scandinavian, Cf. Icel. . serða stuprare: M. H. Ger. serte. See Altdeutsche Gespräche. Nachtrag vom W. Grimm, p. 18.]

seóslig; adj. Afflicted, troubled, vexed:-- Se hálga wer ælda gehwylces ðe hine seóslige sóhtun hæ-acute;lde líc and sáwle the holy man healed body and soul of all that in affliction sought him, Exon. Th. 157, 29; Gú. 899. Cf. súsl.

-seóþa. v. newe-seóþa.