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sýfre

  • adjective
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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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