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Sál

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1 sál

m. : e; f. (?) I. a rope, cord, line, bond :-- 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. II. a rein :-- Sálas [h] abenas, 4, 58 : 6, 22. Sálum l gewealdleþerum habenis, 42, 60. III. the loop which forms the handle of a vessel (?) :-- Sál ansa (cf. hringe ansa, 284, 7, and see nostle. The word occurs under the heading nomina vasorum), Wrt. Voc. i. 25, 11. IV. the fastening of a door :-- Repagulum sál[-panra?], Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 3. Sále repagula, ii. 119, 4. V. a necklace, collar :-- Sweorcláþ vel [sweor]tég vel [sweor?]sál collarium, 134, 49. Sále collario, 18, 17. Saule callario (saale collario), 78, 71. [Soole, beestys teyynge ligaculum; restis a sole to tie beasts, Prompt. ParO. H. Ger. seil; n. funis, rudens, lorum, habena, restis: Icel. seil; f. a line.] sal
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ᛋᚪᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Beo.
Beowulf
Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
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