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sealt

  • adjective
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Grammar
sealt, salt; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§7; §17; §64; §306;
Salt,
of that which is naturally salt
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  • For hwam wæs seó sǽ sealt geworden? Moises áwearp ða .x. word in ða sǽ, and his teáras ágeát in ða sǽ; for ðam wearð seó sǽ sealt,

      Salm. Kmbl. 188, 15-19.

  • Sealt wæter

    the sea,

      Ps. Th. 68, 2: Cd. Th. 13, 6; Gen. 198.

  • Brim sceal sealt weallan,

      Menol. Fox 552; Gn. C. 45.

  • On sealtum mersce

    in salsuginem,

      Ps. Spl. 106, 34.

  • Óþ ðone sealtan mere

    usque ad lacum Salinarum,

      Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 26, 8.

  • Ofer sealtne (saltne,

      Cott. MSS.) sǽ, Past. pref.; Swt. 9, 8.

  • Sió onlícnes sendde mycel wæter þurh hiora múþ swá sealt (

    very salt

    ),
      Blickl. Homl. 245, 25.

  • Eahtoðe wæs sealtes pund, ðanon him wǽron ða teáras sealte,

      Salm. Kmbl. 180, 16.

  • Sealte ýða,

      Cd. Th. 205, 26; Exod. 441.

  • Sealte sǽwǽgas,

      240, 9; Dan. 384.

  • Sealte streámas,

      Exon. Th. 206, 2; Ph. 120.

  • Sealte flódas,

      Ps. Th. 68, 14.

  • Swég sealtera wætera,

      76, 13.

  • Salte sǽstreámas,

      Andr. Kmbl. 1497; An. 750.
of that which is artificially salt,
salt (meat)
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  • Tú hriéðeru, óðer sealt, óðer fersc,

      Ch. Th. 158, 27.

  • Forgá sealtes gehwæt,

      Lchdm. ii. 56, 23.
  • Ete sealtne mete and nówiht fersces, iii. 28, 24.

  • Sele ðú him sealte mettas,

      182, 13: 184, 8.
Etymology
[O. Frs. salt: Icel. saltr.]
Similar entries
v. un-sealt.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “sealt.” 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/27228.

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