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sál

  • noun [ masculinefeminine ]
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Grammar
sál, es; m. : e; f. (?)
Wright's OE grammar
§133;
a rope, cord, line, bond
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  • Licgaþ mé ymbe írenbendas, rídeþ racentan sál,

      Cd. Th. 24, 3; Gen. 378.
  • Ðá wæs be mæste segl sále (cf.

    O. H. Ger. segil-seil rudens )

    fæst,
      Beo. Th. 3816; B. 1906.
  • Sálum

    nexibus,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 74.
a rein
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  • Sálas

    [h] abenas,

      4, 58 : 6, 22.
  • Sálum ł gewealdleþerum

    habenis,

      42, 60.
the loop which forms the handle of a vessel (?)
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  • Sál ansa (cf. hringe ansa, 284, 7, and see nostle.

    The word occurs under the heading

    nomina vasorum),
      Wrt. Voc. i. 25, 11.
the fastening of a door
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  • Repagulum

    sál[-panra?], Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 3.
  • Sále

    repagula,

    ii.
      119, 4.
a necklace, collar
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  • Sweorcláþ vel [sweor]tég vel [sweor?]sál

    collarium,

      134, 49.
  • Sále

    collario,

      18, 17.
  • Saule callario (saale

    collario),

      78, 71.
Etymology
[Soole, beestys teyynge ligaculum; restis a sole to tie beasts, Prompt. Parv. 463. Hi drayeþ myd such sol, Misc. 51, 162. O. H. Ger. seil; n. funis, rudens, lorum, habena, restis: Icel. seil; f. a line.]
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v.  salpanra sweor-sál.
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  • sál, n.