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sǽ-lád

  • noun [ feminine ]
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sǽ-lád, a course or
way on the sea
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  • Wé on sǽláde (

    in our course

    ) brecaþ ofer bæðweg,
      Andr. Kmbl. 1022; An. 511.
  • Hie on sǽláde wíf tó Denum feredon

    they on the watery way took the woman to Denmark,

      Beo. Th. 2319; B. 1157.
  • Hé tó gyrnwræce swíðor þohte ðonne tó sǽláde

    his thoughts were turned rather to vengeance effected by wiles than to taking his way over the sea,

      2283; B. 1139.
  • [Cf. Icel. sjó-leiði a seaway; sjó-leiðis by sea.]
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  • sǽ-lád, n.