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sýfre

  • adjective
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Grammar
sýfre, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§434;
Sober, not giving way to appetite or passion, pure, temperate, circumspect
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  • Sýfre

    (sýfer,
    • Wrt.
    , but see
    • Anglia viii. 451
    )

    abstinens,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 8.

  • Gif ðú drincst wín gemetlíce, sýfre ( sobrius ) ðú byst,

    • Scint. 105, 17.

  • Se mynstres hordere sí wís sýfre and ná oferettol

    cellerarius monasterii sit sapiens, sobrius, non multum edax,

    • R. Ben. 54, 8.

  • Sig se abbod clǽne and sýfre and mildheort

    oportet eum esse castum, sobrium, misericordem,

    • 118, 26.

  • Sidefull man . . . gesceádwís and sýfre,

    • Homl. Th. i. 596, 32.

  • Fæste ðæt mód sýfre

    jejunet ut mens sobria,

    • Hymn. Surt. 63, 3.

  • Séfre,

    • 2, 32: 27, 17.

  • Mid sýfrum andgyte,

    • Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 78.

  • Swá swá Petrus cwæð: 'Beóþ sýfre and wacole'

    be sober, be vigilant

    (
    • 1 Pet. 5, 8
    ),
    • Homl. Th. ii. 448, 8.

  • Clǽne and rihte and séfre

    castique recti ac sobrii,

    • Hymn. Surt. 19, 5.

  • Ða clǽnheortan . . . ða ðe heora líchaman geclǽnsiaþ mid sýfrum þeáwum,

    • Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 43.

  • Clǽnust and sýfrust ( sincera) gebedes átihtincg,

    • Scint. 35, 14.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. súbri
:
O. H. Ger. súbar, súbiri mundus
:
Ger. sauber
:
Du. zuiver clean, neat
]
Similar entries
v. un-sýfre.
Linked entries
v.  séfre sífre.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “sýfre.” 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/29963.

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