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síd

  • adjective
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síd, adj.
wide, broad, spacious, ample, extensive.
applied to the world, universe, ocean, etc.
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  • Ðiós síde gesceaft þénaþ and þiówaþ

    the wide world ministers and serves,

      Met. 29, 76.
  • Eorþe and síd wæter

    earth and ocean broad,

      Cd. Th. 7, 2 ; Gen. 100.
  • Geseah sceado swiðrian geond sídne grund,

      8, 35 ; Gen. 134.
  • Sǽs sídne grund,

      Exon. Th. 349, 2 ; Sch. 40.
  • Geond sídne sǽ,

      53, 19; Cri. 853.
  • Sǽs sídne fæðin,

      Elen. Kmbl. 1454; El. 729.
  • Is ðæs fýres frumstól ofer eallum óðrum gesceaftum geond ðisne sídne grund,

      Met. 20, 127.
applied to a tract of land, to a kingdom, etc., v. síd-land
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  • Síde ríce

    a broad realm,

      Beo. Th. 4404; B. 2199.
  • Nyttade Noe mid sunum sínum sídan ríces,

      Cd. Th. 96, 24; Gen. 1599.
  • Unlytel dǽl sídre foldan (

    the district of Sodom and Gomorrah

    ),
      154. 5 ; Gen. 2551.
  • Sennar sídne and wídne

    Shinar's plain broad and wide,

      99, 33; Gen. 1655.
  • Síde sǽlwongas,

      78, 14; Gen. 1293.
  • Síde sǽnæssas,

      Beo. Th. 451; B. 223.
  • Hé wealdeþ sídum rícum

    he shall rule broad realms,

      Ps. Th. 71, 8.
applied to a comparatively small sur*-*face
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  • Ic bere sídne scyld,

      Beo. Th. 879; B. 437.
  • Setton síde scyldas wið weal,

      656; B. 325.
  • Síde weallas,

      Exon. Th. 1, 9; Cri. 5.
applied to a number of people who cover a wide space, v. síd-folc
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  • Sécan síde herge,

      Exon. Th. 33, 12; Cri. 524.
  • Weorode, síde herge,

      Beo. Th. 4683; B. 2347.
  • Síde worude (? worulde,

      MS.), Cd. Th. 118, 11 ; Gen. 1963.
  • Ofer síd weorod,

      Elen. Kmbl. 316; El. 158.
  • Síde þeóde,

      Ps. Th. 117, 10.
  • Síde hergas,

      Cd. Th. 194, 14; Exod. 260: Andr. Kmbl. 1304; An. 652.
figuratively,
far-reaching, large
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  • Geþol*-*ode wine Scyldinga weána gehwylcne, sídra sorga,

      Beo. Th. 300; B. 149.
  • Ic worn hæbbe sídra sorga gehýred,

      Exon. Th. 11, 13; Cri. 170.
  • Ne behwylfan mæg heofon and eorþe his wuldres word wíddra and síddra ðonne befæðman mǽge foldan sceátas (

    stretching too far and wide to be embraced

    ),
      Cd. Th. 204, 31 ; Exod. 427.
capacious, ample, spacious, large
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  • Glóf síd,

      Beo. Th. 4178; B. 2086.
  • In sídum ceóle,

      Exon. Th. 345, 10; Gn. Ex. 186.
  • On ðyssum sídan sele,

      Cd. Th. 273, 3; Sat. 131.
  • Geond ðæt síde sel,

      Andr. Kmbl. 1523; An. 763.
  • Con hé sídne ræced fæste gefégan,

      Exon. Th. 296, 7 ; Crä,. 47. II a.
  • Þurh sídne sefan,

      Beo. Th. 3456 ; B. 1726.
  • Sefan sídne geþanc and snytro cræft,

      Cd. Th. 249, 26; Dan. 536.
long, hanging, of ample length, of clothes, hair, etc., v. síd-feax
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  • Síd reáf swilce méteras wyrceþ on anlícnesse

    toga,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 3.
  • Iohannes geseah úrne Drihten mid alban gescrídne, and seó wæs síd niðer óþ ða andcleówa (it reached down to the ancles, cf. Icel. kné-, skó-síðr

    reaching to the knee, the shoes

    (of dress) ),
      L. Ælfc. P. 15 ;Th. ii. 370, 3.
  • Herebyrne síd (cf.

    Icel.

    brynja rúm ok síð),
      Beo. Th. 2892 ; B. 1444.
  • Mid sídum bearde (cf.

    Icel.

    sítt skegg),
      Homl. Th. i. 466, 24.
  • Síde beardas,

      456, 18.
  • Se beard and ðæt feax him wǽron óþ ða fét síde (cf.

    Icel.

    lokkar siðir til jarðar),
      Shrn. 120, 25.
  • Hí habbaþ beardas óþ cneów síde and feax óþ helan

    barbas habentes usque ad genua, comas usque ad talos,

      Nar. 35, 2 : 38, 8.
  • Wíf habbaþ beardas swá síde óþ heora breóst,

      38, 2.
Etymology
[Now wers men short and now syde, Pr. C. 1534. Syyd, as clothys talaris, Prompt. Parv. 455 where see note. See also Halliwell Dict. side. Icel. síðr long, hanging.]
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v.  síd-folc.
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