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síþ-fæt

  • noun [ masculineneuter ]
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síþ-fæt, es ;
in sing. generally masc., in pl. neut.
a journey, expedition
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  • 'Se síþfæt is ðyder tó lang, and ðone weg ic ne con.' Drihten him tó cwæþ : 'Andreas ic ðínne síþfæt gestaþelode,' Blickl. Homl. 231, 26-8 : Andr. Kmbl. 840 ; An. 420 : Elen. Kmbl. 458 ; El. 229.

  • Ðæt gewin ðæs síþfætes

    labor itineris,

      Bd. 1, 23 ; S. 486, 1.

  • Ðone intingan his síþfætes

    itineris sui causam,

      4, 1 ; S. 563, 24 : Andr. Kmbl. 407 ; An. 204.

  • Síþfates,

      Elen. Kmbl. 439 ; El. 220.

  • Ðæt folc wearþ þrít mid ðam síþfæte

    taedere coepit populum itineris,

      Num. 21, 4.

  • Ðú mé hafast on ðissum síþfæte sibbe gecýðed,

      Andr. Kmbl. 715 ; An. 358.

  • Hé byþ on sýþfæte and gysthúses beþearf,

      L. E. I. 32 ; Th. ii. 430, 25.

  • Ðý ongunnenan síþfate,

      Bd. 5, 19 ; S. 641, 2 : Kent. Gl. 307 : Cd. Th. 211, 4 ; Exod. 521 : Judth. Thw. 26, 19 ; Jud. 336.

  • Ðonne hwá síþfæt onginnan wille, ðonne genime hé ðás wyrte artemisiam, and hæbbe mid him, ðonne ne ongyt hé ná mycel tó geswynce ðæs síþes,

      Lchdm. i. 102, 4.

  • Ðone síþfæt him ceorlas lythwón lógon,

      Beo. Th. 406 ; B. 202 : Exon. Th. 274, 3 ; Jul. 527.
  • Ongan síþfæt (his journey or (?) his fate, cf. síþ,
) seófian, wyrd wánian, 274, 22 ; Jul. 537.
a path, course, way, road
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  • Weg via, síþfæt

    iter,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 59.

  • Rihtes síþfætes

    directi callis,

    ii.
      140, 55.

  • Síþfæte

    tramite,

      Hpt. Gl. 513, 26.

  • Sunnan síþfæt

    the sun's path,

      Cd. Th. 182, 25 ; Exod. 81.

  • Ealne gódne síþfet

    omnem semitam bonam,

      Kent. Gl. 20.

  • Ðá oncierde ðæt scip on wónne síðfæt

    the ship took a wrong course,

      Shrn. 60, 8.

  • Síþfatu

    calles,

    27.

  • Síþfata

    semitas, vias,

      Hpt. Gl. 457, 9.

  • Ðá forléton wé ða frécnan wegas and síþfato,

      Nar. 17, 13.
fig.
a way, path, course
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  • Síþfæt árleásra losaþ

    iter impiorum peribit,

      Ps. Spl. 1, 7.

  • Gerece mé on síþfæte (

    semita

    ) rihtum,
      26, 17.

  • Gesundfull (gesundne,

      Ps. Th. 67, 20) síþfæt dó ús, 67, 21.

  • Síþfæt sægde ðe hé mid wilddeórum áteáh

    told of his life with the wild beasts,

      Cd. Th. 256, 31 ; Dan. 649.

  • Nú ðú ædre const síþfæt mínne. Ic sceal sárigferþ hweorfan . . .

    now thou shalt speedily know my course. Mournful must I wander . . . ,

      Exon. Th. 184, 30 ; Gú. 1352.

  • Hine geheald óþ ðæt hé his síþfæt secge ealne from orde (

    the devil is then made to give an account of his proceedings

    ),
      259, 20 ; Jul. 285 : 261, 20 ; Jul. 318.

  • Síþfatu

    semitas,

      Ps. Spl. 24, 4.
course of time (?)
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  • Ðá wæs æfter síþfate ðæt mægen on him weóx

    in course of time it came to pass that strength grew in him,

      Guthl. 2 ; Gdwin. 12, 25.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “síþ-fæt.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/27875.

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