See secan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "10th century, The Wanderer:",
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{
"english": "I sought advice from my father.",
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"english": "sought hall-sad a giver of treasure,\nwhere I far or near could find\nwho in a mead-hall would know my men",
"ref": "10th century, The Wanderer:",
"text": "sōhte seledrēoriġ · sinces bryttan,\nhwǣr iċ feor oþþe nēah · findan meahte\nþone þe in meoduhealle · mīne wisse",
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{
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}
],
"word": "secan"
}
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