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síd

  • adjective
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síd, adj.
wide, broad, spacious, ample, extensive.
applied to the world, universe, ocean, etc.
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  • Ðiós síde gesceaft þénaþ and þiówaþ

    the wide world ministers and serves,

    • Met. 29, 76
      • .

  • Eorþe and síd wæter

    earth and ocean broad,

    • Cd. Th. 7, 2
      • ;
    • Gen. 100
      • .

  • Geseah sceado swiðrian geond sídne grund,

    • 8, 35
      • ;
    • Gen. 134
      • .

  • Sǽs sídne grund,

    • Exon. Th. 349, 2
      • ;
    • Sch. 40
      • .

  • Geond sídne sǽ,

    • 53, 19
      • ;
    • Cri. 853
      • .

  • Sǽs sídne fæðin,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1454
      • ;
    • El. 729
      • .

  • Is ðæs fýres frumstól ofer eallum óðrum gesceaftum geond ðisne sídne grund,

    • Met. 20, 127
      • .
applied to a tract of land, to a kingdom, etc.,
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v. síd-land
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  • Síde ríce

    a broad realm,

    • Beo. Th. 4404
      • ;
    • B. 2199
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  • Nyttade Noe mid sunum sínum sídan ríces,

    • Cd. Th. 96, 24
      • ;
    • Gen. 1599
      • .

  • Unlytel dǽl sídre foldan

    (the district of Sodom and Gomorrah),
    • 154. 5
      • ;
    • Gen. 2551
      • .

  • Sennar sídne and wídne

    Shinar's plain broad and wide,

    • 99, 33
      • ;
    • Gen. 1655
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  • Síde sǽlwongas,

    • 78, 14
      • ;
    • Gen. 1293
      • .

  • Síde sǽnæssas,

    • Beo. Th. 451
      • ;
    • B. 223
      • .

  • Hé wealdeþ sídum rícum

    he shall rule broad realms,

    • Ps. Th. 71, 8
      • .
applied to a comparatively small surface
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  • Ic bere sídne scyld,

    • Beo. Th. 879
      • ;
    • B. 437
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  • Setton síde scyldas wið weal,

    • 656
      • ;
    • B. 325
      • .

  • Síde weallas,

    • Exon. Th. 1, 9
      • ;
    • Cri. 5
      • .
applied to a number of people who cover a wide space,
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v. síd-folc
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  • Sécan síde herge,

    • Exon. Th. 33, 12
      • ;
    • Cri. 524
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  • Weorode, síde herge,

    • Beo. Th. 4683
      • ;
    • B. 2347
      • .

  • Síde worude (? worulde, MS.),

    • Cd. Th. 118, 11
      • ;
    • Gen. 1963
      • .

  • Ofer síd weorod,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 316
      • ;
    • El. 158
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  • Síde þeóde,

    • Ps. Th. 117, 10
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  • Síde hergas,

    • Cd. Th. 194, 14
      • ;
    • Exod. 260
      • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 1304
      • ;
    • An. 652
      • .
figuratively, far-reaching, large
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  • Geþolode wine Scyldinga weána gehwylcne, sídra sorga,

    • Beo. Th. 300
      • ;
    • B. 149
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  • Ic worn hæbbe sídra sorga gehýred,

    • Exon. Th. 11, 13
      • ;
    • Cri. 170
      • .

  • Ne behwylfan mæg heofon and eorþe his wuldres word wíddra and síddra ðonne befæðman mǽge foldan sceátas

    (stretching too far and wide to be embraced ),

    • Cd. Th. 204, 31
      • ;
    • Exod. 427
      • .
capacious, ample, spacious, large
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  • Glóf síd,

    • Beo. Th. 4178
      • ;
    • B. 2086
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  • In sídum ceóle,

    • Exon. Th. 345, 10
      • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 186
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  • On ðyssum sídan sele,

    • Cd. Th. 273, 3
      • ;
    • Sat. 131
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  • Geond ðæt síde sel,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1523
      • ;
    • An. 763
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  • Con hé sídne ræced fæste gefégan,

    • Exon. Th. 296, 7
      • ;
    • Crä,. 47
      • .
figuratively of the capacity of the mind
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  • On sídum sefan

    • Exon. Th. 169, 17
      • ;
    • Gú. 1096
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  • Þurh sídne sefan,

    • Beo. Th. 3456
      • ;
    • B. 1726
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  • Sefan sídne geþanc and snytro cræft,

    • Cd. Th. 249, 26
      • ;
    • Dan. 536
      • .
long, hanging, of ample length, of clothes, hair, etc.,
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v. síd-feax
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  • Síd reáf swilce méteras wyrceþ on anlícnesse

    toga,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 3
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  • Iohannes geseah úrne Drihten mid alban gescrídne, and seó wæs síd niðer óþ ða andcleówa

    (it reached down to the ancles,)

    (cf. Icel. kné-, skó-síðr reaching to the knee, the shoes (of dress)),
    • L. Ælfc. P. 15
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 370, 3
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  • Herebyrne síd

    (cf. Icel. brynja rúm ok síð),
    • Beo. Th. 2892
      • ;
    • B. 1444
      • .

  • Mid sídum bearde

    (cf. Icel. sítt skegg),
    • Homl. Th. i. 466, 24
      • .

  • Síde beardas,

    • 456, 18
      • .

  • Se beard and ðæt feax him wǽron óþ ða fét síde

    (cf. Icel. lokkar siðir til jarðar),
    • Shrn. 120, 25
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  • Hí habbaþ beardas óþ cneów síde and feax óþ helan

    barbas habentes usque ad genua, comas usque ad talos,

    • Nar. 35, 2
      • :
    • 38, 8
      • .

  • Wíf habbaþ beardas swá síde óþ heora breóst,

    • 38, 2
      • .
Etymology
[
Now wers men short and now syde, Pr. C. 1534.
Syyd, as clothys talaris, Prompt. Parv. 455 where see note.
See also Halliwell Dict. side.
Icel. síðr long, hanging.
]
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v.  síd-feax síd-folc.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “síd.” 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/27613.

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