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rounded it with a brick rampart 15 feet in height. Under their 
protection it became a populous place ; but notwithstanding 
the neutrality of the Dutch, it was seized by the French while 
they were besieging Madras, in the year 1759. It was after¬ 
wards restored to the Hollanders; but was taken possession 
of by the British, in 1795. It is now much fallen to decay. 
At a short distance from the town are some hills, on which 
are situated seven Hindoo temples, held in much estimation. 
Lat. 12.27. N. long. 80. 16. E. 
SADSKAR, otSeger, a district of Hadramaut, on the 
southern coast of Arabia. 
SADUMRAH, a town of Hedsjas, in Arabia; 105 miles 
north-east of Ghezan. 
SAEBYE, an old seaport of Denmark, in Jutland, so de¬ 
cayed, that its population is now only 400 ; 30 miles north¬ 
east of Aalborg. Lat. 57. 20. 2. N. long. 10. 33. 9. E. 
SAELICES, a small town in the interior of Spain, in New 
Castile; 20 miles south-east of Aranjuez. 
SAEMUND (Sigfusson), a celebrated Icelandic writer, 
according to the account given in his life by Arnas Magnaeus, 
and prefixed to the Jidda rythmica published by the 
Magnsean commission, was born in 1054, 1056, or 1057. 
His father Sigfus was a priest. He travelled at a very early 
period into foreign parts, in order to improve himself in 
knowledge, and for a long time none of his countrymen 
knew what had become of him. At length John Ogmund- 
sen, who was afterwards Bishop of Holum, when on a tour to 
Rome, found him at Paris, and carried him back with him to 
Iceland. After his return, he entered into holy orders, and 
resided on his paternal estate at Odde, where he established a 
school. He contributed, with Bishop Gissur and Marcus 
Langmand, to induce the Icelanders to pay tithes to the 
clergy, was consulted by Bishops Thorlac and Ketel in 
regard to the formation of their ecclesiastical laws, and died 
in 1133. When Saemund was seventy years of age, he 
wrote a history of Norway, from the time of Harold 
Haarsager to that of Magnus the Good. Of this work no¬ 
thing now remains but a dry catalogue of names, which was 
converted into something like verse by an anonymous writer, 
and continued down to King Sverrer, with a dedication to 
Saemund’s grandson John Loptson, on whom high en¬ 
comiums are bestowed. Saemund’s fame can receive no 
addition from this Northern Chronicle, since it does not now 
exist; and his reputation can be as little benefited by the so 
called “ Annales Odenses,” or annals which take their name 
from the place where he resided; since Arnas Magnaeus in 
his life of Saemund, Halfdem Einarsen in his Historia 
Literaria Islandica, and Suhm in the preface to his critical 
history, have shewn that they do not belong to him. But 
Saemund is generally allowed the merit of having collected 
the poetical Edda, by which means he preserved these curious 
and valuable remains of the ancient Scandinavian mytho¬ 
logy, poetry, and morality, from being lost. Yet though 
this honour is ascribed to Saemund, Arnas Magnaeus, 
in the before mentioned biography, has placed all the cir¬ 
cumstances relating to that subject in such a light, that it 
remains highly problematical whether he has the least title 
to it. 
Brynyolf Svendsen, Bishop of Skalholt, about the year 
1939, discovered the poetical Edda, thirty-five in number, 
and styled them, on the faith of tradition, the Edda Saemundi. 
After this Resenius, in 1665, published Voluspa and 
Havamal; a few extracts of some other poems were given in 
Bartholin’s Antiquities, and these were the only specimens of 
Edda poetry with which the learned in Europe were 
acquainted till Thorkelin, then Saudvig, and at last the 
Magnsean commission, communicated to the public a great 
many more of them. The first volume of the edition pub¬ 
lished by the commission appeared in 1787. Among those 
who superintended the learned school at Odde, after 
Saemund’s death, was his grandson, already mentioned, 
John Loptson, who in his time was one of the richest and 
most respectable men in the country. An original copy of 
a poem written in praise of him on parchment, and called 
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“ Flatcebogen,” is still preserved in the king’s library, a£ 
Copenhagen. Aikin. 
SAENREDAM. See Saardam. 
SAENS, St., a small town in the north of France, depart¬ 
ment of the Lower Seine, on the small river Arques, with 
2400 inhabitants; 20 miles north-north-east of Rouen. 
SAFAD, called by Pocock Saphet, a village of Palestine, 
situated on a hill over-looking the western coast of the lake 
of Tiberias. It is not mentioned in our translation of the 
Scripture; but in the Vulgate, it is said to be the birth-place 
ofTobias. Pocock found on it the ruins of a very strong 
old castle, which appeared to have commanded the whole 
surrounding district, which takes its name from the place. 
During the crusades, this castle was in the hands of the 
Christians. The town was a little lower down, and was 
then considerable, containing seven synagogues, and a sort 
of university for the education of the Jewish Rabbis, some 
of whom came from so great a distance as Poland, to enjoy 
the benefits of its instruction. In 1759, however, the place 
was destroyed by an earthquake, and being regarded with an 
evil eye by the Turks, has never regained its ancient import¬ 
ance, ar.d is now a poor village; 65 miles south-west of 
Damascus. 
SAFE, ad/. [ salvtis , Lat. Johnson. —The old French 
has also salf following closely the Latin. Morin, under 
sauf, refers both sauf and the Latin word to the Gr. trooc, 
safe, Eol. o-oFo?. But Mr. Horne Tooke pronounces safe the 
past participle of save. Our old word is saufe: “ So that 
they mighten, saufe and sounde, the water passe.” Gower, 
Conf. Am. Todd.'] —Free from danger. 
Our separated fortune 
Shall keen us both the safer ; where we are, 
There’s daggers in men’s smiles. Shakspeare. 
Free from hurt.—Put your head into the mouth of a wolf, 
and when you’ve brought it out safe and sound, talk of a 
reward. L'Estrange. —Conferring security. 
Beyond the beating surge his course he bore, 
With longing eyes observing, to survey 
Some smooth ascent, or safe sequester’d bay. Pope. 
No longer dangerous; deposited out of the power of doing 
harm. This is rather a ludicrous meaning. 
Banquo’s safe. 
-Ay, my good lord; safe in a ditch he lies 
With twenty trenched gashes on his head. 
The least a death to nature. Shakspeare. 
SAFE, s. A buttery; a pantry. Ainsworth. —Rather, 
a moveable larder. Mason. 
To SAFE, v.a. To render safe; to procure safety to. 
Obsolete. 
My more particular. 
And that which most with you should safe my going. 
Is Fulvia’s death. Shakspeare . 
SA'FE-CONDUCT, s. [ sauf conduit, Fr.] Convoy ; 
guard through an enemy’s country.—Pass; warrant to pass. 
—A trumpet was sent to Sir William Waller, to desire a 
safe conduct for a gentleman. Clarendon. 
Safe-conducts are given by the prince under his great seal, 
and inrolled in chancery. 
Passports under the king’s sign manual, or licences from 
his ambassadors abroad, are now more usual, and are allowed 
to be of equal validity with letters of safe-conduct. 
All safe-conducts flow from sovereign authority; but the 
prince may delegate to his officers the power of furnishing 
safe-conducts, and with this they are invested, either by an 
express commission, or in consequence of tire nature of their 
functions. 
SA'FEGUARD, s. Defence; protection; security.—We 
serve the living God as near as our wits can reach to the 
knowledge thereof, even according to his own will; and do 
therefore trust, that his mercy shall be our safeguard. 
Hooker. 
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