And fare we on sele."—Laȝ. i. 32.
sæ-men æfter
fóron flód-wége
folc wæs on salum.
The sea men after
marched the flood way
the folk prospered (was in prosperity).
—(Cædmon, 184, 13.)
[1539] Clothed she Jacob and made him rough. [1542] seles mel, an error for selie mel, good (timely) meal? Cf. miries dale for mirie dale, l. [1038], p. 30. See Laȝ. i. 75; ii. 173.
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