be-settan, to set with, surround: pret. sg. (helm) besette swîn-lîcum (set the helm with swine-bodies), [1454].
ge-settan: 1) to set, set down: pret. part. swâ wäs ...þurh rûn-stafas rihte ge-mearcod, ge-seted and ge-sæd (thus was ... in rune-staves rightly marked, set down and said), [1697].—2) to set, ordain, create: pret. sg. ge-sette ... sunnan and mônan leóman tô leóhte land-bûendum, [94].—3) = componere, to lay aside, smooth over, appease: pret. sg. þät he mid þý wîfe wäl-fæhða ... dæl ... ge-sette, [2030].
[sêcan], w. v., to follow after, hence: 1) to seek, strive for, w. acc.: pret. sg. sinc-fät sôhte (sought the costly cup), [2301]; ne sôhte searo-nîðas, [2739]; so, [3068]. Without acc.: þonne his myne sôhte (than his wish demanded), [2573]; hord-weard sôhte georne äfter grunde (the hoard-warden sought eagerly along the ground), [2294].—2) to look for, come or go some whither, attain something, w. acc.: pres. sg. III. se þe ... biorgas sêceð, [2273]; subj. þeáh þe hæð-stapa holt-wudu sêce, [1370]; imper. sêc gif þu dyrre (look for her, i.e. Grendel's mother, if thou dare), [1380]; inf. sêcean, [200], [268], [646], [1598], [1870], [1990], [2514](?), [3103], etc.; sêcan, [665], [1451]; drihten sêcean (seek, go to, the Lord), [187]; sêcean wyn-leás wîc (Grendel was to seek a joyless place, i.e. Hell), [822]; so, sêcan deófla gedräg, [757]; sâwle sêcan (seek the life, kill), [802]; so, sêcean sâwle hord, [2423]; gerund. säcce tô sêceanne, [2563]; pret. sg. I., III. sôhte, [139], [208], [376], [417], [2224]; II. sôhtest, [458]; pl. sôhton, [339].—3) to seek, attack: þe ûs sêceað tô Sweóna leóde, [3002]; pret. pl. hine wräc-mäcgas ofer sæ sôhtan, [2381].
ge-sêcan: 1) to seek, w. acc.: inf. gif he gesêcean dear wîg ofer wæpen, [685].—2) to look for, come or go to attain, w. acc.: inf. ge-sêcean, [693]; gerund, tô ge-sêcanne, [1923]; pret. sg. ge-sôhte, [463], [520], [718], [1952]; pret. part. nom. pl. feor-cýððe beóð sêlran ge-sôhte þam þe hine selfa deáh, [1840].—3) to seek with hostile intent, to attack: pres. sg. ge-sêceð [2516]; pret. sg. ge-sôhte, [2347]; pl. ge-sôhton, [2927]; ge-sôhtan, [2205].
ofer-sêcan, w. acc., to surpass, outdo (in an attack): pres. sg. wäs sió hond tô strong, se þe mêca gehwane ... swenge ofer-sôhte, þonne he tô säcce bär wæpen wundrum heard (too strong was the hand, that surpassed every sword in stroke, when he [Beówulf] bore the wondrous weapon to battle, i.e. the hand was too strong for any sword; its strength made it useless in battle), [2687].
[sêl, sæl], adj., good, excellent, fit, only in compar.: nom. sg. m. sêlra, [861], [2194]; þæm þær sêlra wäs (to the one that was the better, i.e. Hygelâc), [2200]; deáð bið sêlla þonne edwît-lîf, [2891]; neut. sêlre, [1385]; acc. sg. m. sêlran þe (a better than thee), [1851]; sêlran, [1198]; neut. þät sêlre, [1760]; dat. sg. m. sêlran sweord-frecan, [1469]; nom. pl. fem. sêlran, [1840]. Superl., strong form: nom. sg. neut. sêlest, [173], [1060]; hûsa sêlest, [146], [285], [936]; ôfost is sêlest, [256]; bolda sêlest, [2327]; acc. sg. neut. hrägla sêlest, [454]; hûsa sêlest, [659]; billa sêlest, [1145];—weak form: nom. sg. m. reced sêlesta, [412]; acc. sg. m. þone sêlestan, [1407], [2383]; (þäs, MS.), [1957]; dat. sg. m. þäm sêlestan, [1686]; nom. pl. sêlestan, [416]; acc. pl. þâ sêlestan, [3123].
sêl, compar. adv., better, fitter, more excellent, [1013], [2531]; ne byð him wihte þê sêl (he shall be nought the better for it), [2278]; so, [2688].
[sealma] (Frisian selma, in bed-selma), w. m., bed-chamber, sleeping-place: acc. sg. on sealman, [2461].
[sealt], adj., salty: acc. sg. neut. ofer sealt wäter (the sea), [1990].