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sealt

  • noun [ neuter ]
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sealt, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§7; §17; §64; §306;
Salt (lit. and fig.)
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  • Sealt

    sal,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 82. 89.
  • Gé synt eorþan sealt (salt,

      Lind., Rush.):
    gyf ðæt sealt áwyrþ, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 13: Mk. Skt. 9, 49, 50.
  • Hwylc manna werodum þurhbrýcþ mettum búton swæcce sealtes

    quis hominum dulcibus perfruitur cibis sine sapore salis?

      Coll. Monast. Th. 28, 17.
  • Nim ácorfenes sealtes (

    rock salt

    ) ðæt wæter ðe ðǽrof gǽþ,
      Lchdm. ii. 246, 18.
  • Hwítes sealtes, iii. 20, 26.
  • Greát sealt rock salt, 40, 20, 10: i. 158, 34. [Goth. salt: O. Sax. O. L. Ger. salt: O. H. Ger. salz:

    Icel.

    salt.] See following words, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 331, col. 2, and Leo on Anglo-Saxon Names. p. 27.
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v.  salt.
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  • sealt, n.