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sidu

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
sidu, seodu, siodu (o) ; gen. dat. a ; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§48; §101; §202; §396;
a custom, use, manner, habit, practice
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  • Ðæt heó cóme tó him mid hire cynehelme, swá swá heora seodu wæs, Anglia ix. 28, 31.

  • Micel sido mid Rómwarum wæs,

      Bt. 27, 1 ; Fox 96, 2.

  • Se sido ðe sume men secgaþ ðæt [hé] sié méde wyrðe, sume men secgaþ ðæt hé sié wýtes wyrðe,

      39, 9 ; Fox 226, 4.

  • Hé dyde him ðæt ríceter tó sida (sioda, Cott. MSS.) and tó gewunan

    ministerium regiminis vertit in usum dominationis,

      Past. 121, 9 ; Swt. 121, 19;

  • Ðú ne meaht hiora sidu and heora gecynd onwendan

      , Bt. 7, 2 ; Fox 18, 30.
  • God gesette unáwendendlícne sido and þeáwas his gesceaf*-*tum, 21 ; Fox 74, 1 : Met. 11, 12.

  • Þeóda swíðe ungelíca ǽgðer ge on sprǽce ge on þeáwum ge on eallum sídum nationes lingua, moribus, totius vitae ratione distantes, Bt. 18, 2 ; Fox 62, 30. Ia. a religious practice, a rite (cf. Icel. siðr religion, faith, Kristinn, heiðinn siðr Christianity, heathenism) :-- Moyses wolde Obab ob ðæs hǽðendómes siðum álǽdan

    cum Hobab a gentilitatis conversatione vellet educere,

      Past. 41, 5 ; Swt. 304, 9.
good conduct, morality, modesty
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  • Hádlícere side (fǽmnhádlícere sidefulnysse (?) v. sidefulness)

    virginalis pudicitiae (castitatis ),

      Hpt. Gl. 449, 4.

  • Side (? -fulnysse)

    pudicitia, castitate,

      454, 53.

  • Ða kyningas (of England) ǽgðer ge hiora sibbe ge hiora siodo (sido, Cott. MSS.) ge hiora onweald gehióldon

    the kings maintained peace, morality, and power,

      Past. pref. ; Swt. 3, 7.

  • Gif hé þurh cúscne siodo lǽst mína lára

    if by modest conduct he carry out my instructions,

      Cd. Th. 39, 2 ; Gen. 618.
Etymology
[Goth. sidus góds boni mores : O. Sax. sidu a custom : O. Frs. side : O. H. Ger. situ mos, consuetudo, habitus, usus, ritus, indoles, moralitas : Icel. siðr.]
Similar entries
v. land-, un-sidu.
Linked entries
v.  seodu sido siodo sydung.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “sidu.” 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/27640.

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