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sǽd

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
sǽd, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §119; §306; §425; §563;
seed, what is sown, that part of a plant which propagates
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  • Senepes sǽd

    granum sinapis,

      Mk. Skt. 4, 31.
  • Ðæt treów sceolde sǽde eft onfón

    the tree should again bear seed,

      Cd. Th. 251, 12; Dan. 562: 252, 24; Dan. 583.
  • Ealle treówu ðe habbaþ sǽd on him silfon heora ágenes cynnes

    universa ligna quae habent in semetipsis sementem generis sui,

      Gen. 1, 29.
  • Ðam men ðe seów gód sǽd on his æcyre,

      Mt. Kmbl. 13, 24.
  • Út eode se sǽdere his sǽd tó sáwenne,

      Mk. Skt. 4, 3.
  • Swylce man wurpe gód sǽd (sementem) on his land, 4, 26. I a. fig.

    seed, that from which anything springs

    :-- Ðæt hálige sǽd gewát, ðæt him ǽr of ðæs láreówes múþe bodad wæs,
      Blickl. Homl. 55, 29.
  • Ðeáh biþ sum corn sǽdes gehealden symle on ðære sáwle sóðfæstnesse: ðæs sǽdes corn biþ simle áweaht mid áscunga,

      Met. 22, 37-41.
  • Gif wé eów ða gástlícan sǽd sáwaþ,

      Homl. Th. ii. 534, 26.
the ripe fruit, that from which the seed is taken
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  • Hí heora sylfra sǽd sníþaþ

    they shall reap their crops,

      Ps. Th. 125, 5.
  • Se háta sumor giereþ and drígeþ sǽd anð bléda,

      Met. 29, 61.
fruit, growth
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  • Of wlite wendaþ wæstma gecyndu, biþ seó síðre tíd sǽda gehwylces mǽtræ in mægne,

      Exon. Th. 105, 1; Gú. 16.
sowing, v. sǽd-tima
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  • Sǽd and geríp sumor and winter ne geswícaþ

    sementis et messis, aestas et hiems non requiescent,

      Gen. 8, 22.
applied to animals,
seed, progeny, posterity
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  • Sǽd

    crementum

    (in a list 'de homine et de partibus ejus'),
      Wrt. Voc. i. 282, 26: ii. 16, 39.
  • Weres sǽd,

      44, 55.
  • Mín sǽd him þeówaþ,

      Ps. Th. 21, 29.
  • Ðæt sǽd ðara unrihtwísra forwyrð,

      36, 28.
  • Tó Abrahame wæs cweþende ðæt his sǽd oferweóxe ealle ðás woruld,

      Blickl. Homl. 159, 26.
  • Swá hé spræc tó Abrahame and hys sǽde,

      Lk. Skt. 1, 55.
  • Ðæt his bróðor nime his wíf and his bróðor sǽd wecce,

      Mk. Skt. 12, 19.
Etymology
[Goth. mana-séþs: O. H. Ger. sát: Icel. sáð seed, crop.]
Similar entries
v. god-, lín-, un-, wád-sǽd.
Linked entries
v.  sǽd-tíma.
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