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sár

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
sár, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§133; §343; §426;
referring to the body,
pain, suffering, soreness
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  • Mé sár gehrán, wærc in gewód,

      Exon. Th. 163, 28; Gú. 1000.

  • Sár gewód ymb ðæs beornes breóst,

      Andr. Kmbl. 2494; An. 1245.

  • Mid sáre geswenced, mid mislícum ecum and tyddernessum,

      Blickl. Homl. 59, 7.

  • On sáre his líchoma sceal hér wunian,

      61, 1.

  • Hǽlu bútan sáre,Exon. Th. 101,

      8; Cri. 1655.

  • Ða ðe on sáre seóce lágun,

      83, 14; Cri. 1356.

  • Hé sár ne wiste

    he did not feel pain,

      Cd. Th. 12, 3; Gen. 179.
a pain, pang, sore, wound
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  • Nis ðǽr ǽnig sár geméted, ne ádl, ne ece,

      Blickl. Homl. 25, 30.

  • Hé byð ðæs sáres hál,

      Lchdm. i. 352, 2.

  • Wið eágena, eárena, sídan, wambe, &c. sáre, i. 2, sqq. On his módor sáre hé biþ ácenned,

      Blickl. Homl. 57, 35.

  • Ðýlæs hwelc ðara niéhstena ðæs ofslægenan for ðæm sáre (

    the mortal wound caused by the slipping of an axe

    ) hine ofsleá,
      Past. 21; Swt. 167, 3.

  • Mugcwyrt ðæt sár ðara fóta of genimþ,

      Lchdm. i. 102, 16.

  • Gif sió wamb biþ windes full, ðonne cymþ ðæt of wlacre wǽtan; sió cealde wǽte wyrcþ sár an . . . ðonne déþ ðæt ðæt sár áweg,

      Lchdm. ii. 224, 24.

  • Nǽfre ðú þæs suíðlíc sár gegearwast heardra wíta, ðæt ðú mec onwende worda ðissa,

      Exon. Th. 246, 2; Jul. 55.

  • Ðú ðæt sár (

    stripes and blows

    ) áber,
      Andr. Kmbl. 1912; An. 958.

  • Ðæt gé him sára gehwylc gehǽlde

    that you should heal every wound for him,

      Exon. Th. 144, 11; Gú. 676.

  • Leomu hefegodon sárum gesóhte

    his limbs waxed heavy, visited by pains,

      159, 21; Gú. 930.

  • Ádle gebysgad, sárum geswenced,

      170, 11; Gú. 1110.

  • Ðá wæs heó eft hefigod mid ðǽm ǽrran sárum

    prioribus adgravata doloribus,

      Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 5.

  • Se Hǽlend his þegnum sǽde ða sár ðe hé ádreógan wolde,

      Blickl. Homl. 15, 33.

  • Hié ealle líchomlícu sár oforhogodan,

      119, 20.
of the mind,
grief, pain, trouble, sorrow
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  • Ne biþ ðǽr sár ne gewinn, ne nǽnig unéþnes,

      Blickl. Homl. 103, 35.

  • Wépende sár,

      Exon. Th. 79, 14; Cri. 1290.

  • Is sáwl mín sáres and yfeles gefylled

    repleta est malis anima mea,

      Ps. Th. 87, 3.

  • Tó tácnunge sorges and ánfealdes sáres,

      Bt. 7, 2; Fox 18, 21.

  • Hí hí forlǽtaþ on ðam mǽstan sáre,

      7, 1; Fox 16, 13.

  • Hé heora helpend wæs on heora sáre,

      Bd. 3, 9; S. 533, 26.
a grief, sorrow, pain, wound
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  • Hit wæs swá gewunelíc on ealdum dagum, ðæt gif hwam sum fǽrlíc sár (

    affliction

    ) becóme, ðæt hé his reáf tótǽre,
      Homl. Th. ii. 454, 14.

  • Ðeáh him mon hwæt wiðerweardes doo, oððe hé hwelce scande gehiére be him selfum, hé æt ðæm cierre ne biþ onstyred . . . ac æfter lytlum fæce hé biþ onǽled mid ðý fýre ðæs sáres,

      Past. 33; Swt. 225, 20.

  • Ðá ðæt mód ðillíc sár cweþende wæs,

      Bt. 5, 1; Fox 8, 24.

  • Lufu him sára gehwylc symle forswíðede,

      Exon. Th. 160, 4; Gú. 938: 176, 31; Gú. 1218.

  • Æfter ðære menigeo mínra sára ðe mé on ferhþe gestódan

    secundum multitudinem dolorum meorum in corde meo,

      Ps. Th. 93, 18.

  • Ða angunnenan sár

    conceptos dolores

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 12.
Etymology
[Goth. sair: O. Sax. O. L. Ger. O. Frs. O. H. Ger. sér dolor, supplicium, amaritudo, ulcus: Icel. sár a sore; a wound.]
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v. líc-sár, and next word.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “sár.” 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/26415.

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