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sifeþa

  • noun [ masculinefeminine ]
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Grammar
sifeþa, seofoþa ; pl. f. : but also sifeþa, an ; m.
siftings, bran, chaff
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  • Sifeþa furfur, Wrt. Voc. i. 67, 49 :

    acus,

      83, 19.
  • Sifiþan, siuida

    furfures,

      Txts. 65, 940.
  • Syfeþa,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 75.
  • Swá swá mon melo sift ; ðæt melo þurhcrýpþ ǽlc þyrel and ða siofoþa (syfeþa,

      Cott. MS.) weorþaþ ásyndred. Bt. 34, 11 ; Fox 152, 3.
  • Genim ðysse wyrte sǽd on ele gesodene and mid syfeþon gemencged,

      Lchdm. i. 282, 1.
  • Dó seofoþa on sealt wæter, ii. 262, 13.
  • Riges seofoþa,

      48, 20.
  • Oferwylle on ðam selfan ecede sifeþan,

      250, 23.
useless seeds, tares
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  • Áta ł sifþa ł unwæstm

    zizania,

      Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 13, 38.
  • Sifþe,

      13, 25.
  • Sifþena

    zizaniorum,

    p.
      17, 5.
Etymology
[Syvedys or brynne or palyys furfur, Prompt. Parv. 457.]
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v.  sifþa siofoþa syfeþa.
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  • sifeþa, n.