Seár

Old English Dictionary Entry

Seár

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: 70, 32. Seáre

Definitions

1 seár

and siére; adj. Sear, dry, withered, barren: -- -- Hit stent on ðam siéran bóchagan; andlang ðes siéran bóchagan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. sleriles, Germ. 402, 69. [His body wex alle seere, R. Brun. 18, 25. With scere braunches, blossoms ungrene, Chauc. R. R. 4752. Seere or dry, as treys or herbys aridus, Prompt. ParO. Du. sore dry; zoor dry, withered, or seare (Hexham): L. Ger. soor dry.]

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛖᚪᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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