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searu-níþ

  • noun [ masculine ]
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searu-níþ, es; m.
hostility to which effect is given by treachery, crafty enmity
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  • Ic ne sóhte searoníþas ne ne swór fela áþa on unriht

    I had not recourse to the arts of the treacherous foe, nor swore many oaths wrongfully,

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  • Swá wæs Biówulfe, ðá hé biorges weard sóhte, searoníþas

    (the wily hostilities of the dragon, who used poison to destroy his foe, cf. áttorsceaþa, 5670, and is called inwitgest, 5333. Cf. too inwit-níþ),
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armour-hate
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(v. searu, IV a),
martial strife, the strife of armed men, battle
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  • Nó ic wiht fram ðé swylcra searuníþa secgan hýrde, billa brógan,

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Bosworth, Joseph. “searu-níþ.” 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/27280.

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