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sár

  • adjective
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sár, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§133; §343; §426;
Sore, painful, grievous, distressing,
of physical pain
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  • Se lǽca ðe sceal sáre (yfela,

      MS. Y.)
    wunda wel gehǽlan, hé mót habban góde sealfe ðǽrtó, L. Pen. 4; Th. ii. 278, 15.

  • Ne wæs hyra ǽnigum síðe ðý sárra, ðeáh hý swá sceoldan reáfe birofene slítan haswe bléde,

      Exon. Th. 394, 20; Rä. 14, 6.

  • Wé wieton ðæt sió diégle wund biþ sárre ðonne sió opene,

      Past. 38; Swt. 273, 22.
of mental pain
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  • Ðá hé ðæs mannes deáþ swá earmlícne gehýrde ðá wæs him ðæt swíðe sár

    when he heard the man's death was so miserable, it was very grievous to him,

      Blickl. Homl. 219, 14.

  • Ne wæs hyre bróðra deáþ on sefan swá sár,

      Exon. 377, 25; Deór. 9.

  • Ðæt ðam hálgan wæs sár on móde,

      Cd. Th. 96, 11; Gen. 1593: 27, 30; Gen. 425.

  • Ðæt wæs Satane sár tó geþolienne,

      Andr. Kmbl. 3375; An. 1691.

  • Ðonne hí sáres hwæt siófian scioldon (cf. ðonne hí sceoldan heora sár siófian,

      Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 35), Met. 26, 82.

  • Bídan sáran sorge,

      Cd. Th. 266, 26; Sat. 28.

  • Forlǽt sáre sorgceare,

      Exon. Th. 13, 27; Cri. 209.

  • Hearm, sáre swyltcwale,

      Andr. Kmbl. 2735; An. 1370.

  • Morþra, sárra sorga,

      Judth. Thw. 24, 10; Jud. 182: Rood Kmbl. 157; Kr. 80.

  • Manaþ sárum wordum

    prompts with words that wound,

      Beo. Th. 4122; B. 2058.

  • Ealle ða sáran edwíta ðe hé ádreág,

      Blickl. Homl. 97, 15.

  • Uncúðne eard cunnian, sáre síþas

    to make trial of a land unknown, of travails sore,

      Exon. Th. 87, 2; Cri. 1419.

  • Cwæð ðæt him wǽre weorce on móde, sorga sárost,

      Cd. Th. 122, 19; Gen. 2029.
Etymology
[O. Sax. O. L. Ger. O. Frs. O. H. Ger. sér tristis: Icel. sárr sore; wounded.]
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v. un-sár.
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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/26416.

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