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searu-níþ

  • noun [ masculine ]
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searu-níþ, es; m.
hostility to which effect is given by treachery, crafty enmity
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  • Ic ne sóhte searoníþas ne ne swór fela áþa on unriht

    I had not recourse to the arts of the treacherous foe, nor swore many oaths wrongfully,

      Beo. Th. 5469; B. 2738: 2405; B. 1200.
  • Swá wæs Biówulfe, ðá hé biorges weard sóhte, searoníþas (the wily hostilities of the dragon, who used poison to destroy his foe, cf. áttorsceaþa, 5670,

    and is called

    inwitgest, 5333.
  • Cf.

    too

    inwit-níþ),
      6126; B. 3067.
armour-hate (v. searu, IV a),
martial strife, the strife of armed men, battle
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  • Nó ic wiht fram ðé swylcra searuníþa secgan hýrde, billa brógan,

      1168; B. 582.
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  • searu-níþ, n.