sýfre
- adjective
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Sýfre (sýfer, Wrt., but see Anglia viii. 451)
abstinens,
- Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 8.
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Gif ðú drincst wín gemetlíce, sýfre (
sobrius
) ðú byst,- Scint. 105, 17.
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Se mynstres hordere sí wís sýfre and ná oferettol
cellerarius monasterii sit sapiens, sobrius, non multum edax,
- R. Ben. 54, 8.
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Sig se abbod clǽne and sýfre and mildheort
oportet eum esse castum, sobrium, misericordem,
- 118, 26.
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Sidefull man . . . gesceádwís and sýfre,
- Homl. Th. i. 596, 32.
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Fæste ðæt mód sýfre
jejunet ut mens sobria,
- Hymn. Surt. 63, 3.
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Séfre,
- 2, 32: 27, 17.
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Mid sýfrum andgyte,
- Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 78.
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Swá swá Petrus cwæð: 'Beóþ sýfre and wacole'
be sober, be vigilant
(1- Pet. 5, 8), Homl. Th. ii. 448, 8.
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Clǽne and rihte and séfre
castique recti ac sobrii,
- Hymn. Surt. 19, 5.
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Ða clǽnheortan . . . ða ðe heora líchaman geclǽnsiaþ mid sýfrum þeáwum,
- Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 43.
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Clǽnust and sýfrust (
sincera
) gebedes átihtincg,- Scint. 35, 14.
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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