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sǽne

  • adjective
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sǽne, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§434;
Slow, dull, sluggish, inactive
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  • Ymb ða gýmene his écre hǽlo hé wæs tó sǽne

    erga curam perpetuae suae salvationis nihil omnino studii gerens,

      Bd. 3, 13; S. 538, 19.

  • Ne sceal se tó sǽne beón, ne ðissa lárna tó læt. Exon. Th. 450,

      16; Dóm. 88.

  • Sǽne mód

    a sluggish mind,

      122, 32; Gú, 314.

  • Næs ðæt sǽne cyning,

      322, 23; Wíd. 67.

  • Eálá ðæt ðú woldest ðæs síðfætes sǽne weorðan

    (slow to undertake the journey),

      Andr. Kmbl. 408; An. 204: 422; An. 211: Elm. Kmbl. 440; El. 220,
    Næs his bróðor læt, síðes sǽne, Apstls. Kmbl. 67; Ap. 34.

  • Nǽron ða twegen tohtan sǽne, lindgeláces,

      150; Ap. 75.

  • Ðone sǽnan ðe biþ tó sláw ðú scealt hátan assa má ðonne man

    segnis ac stupidus torpet? asinum vivit.

      Bt. 37, 4; Fox 192, 19.

  • Mægencræft móda gehwilces ofer líchoman lænnie and sǽnne

    might of the mind over the body weak and dull.

      Met. 26, 106.

  • Hé (a sea serpent) on holme wæs sundes ðé sǽnra (

    the slower in swimming),

    ðá hyne swylt fornam,
      Beo. Th. 2876; B. 1436.

  • Ic sceal sécan óðerne ellenleásran cempan sǽnran

    I must seek another warrior less courageous and active,

      Exon. Th. 266, 9; Jul. 395.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. seine: Icel. scinn; Dan. seen: Swed. sen. Cf. Goth. sainjan to be slow, to tarry.]
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v. á-sánian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “sǽne.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/26247.

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