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sinc

  • noun [ neuter ]
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sinc, es ; n. (used only in poetry)
Treasure, gold, silver, jewels
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  • Gold geríseþ on guman sweorde, sinc on cwéne,

      Exon. Th. 341, 17 ; Gn. Ex. 127.

  • Sinc, gold on grunde,

      Beo. Th. 5522 ; B. 2764.

  • Ða ðe seolfres beóþ since gecoste

    qui probati sunt argento,

      Ps. 67, 27.

  • Gesáwon ofer since salo hlifian, reced ofer reádum golde,

      Cd. Th. 145, 9 ; Gen. 2403.

  • Bereáfodon receda wuldor (

    the temple

    ) reádan golde, since and seolfre,
      219, 25 ; Dan. 60.

  • Sadol searwum fáh, since gewurþad,

      Beo. Th. 2081 ; B. 1038 : 3234 ; B. 1615.

  • Se wyrm ligeþ since (

    the hoard which it guarded

    ) bereáfod, 5486 ;
      B. 2746.

  • Cyning mec gyrweþ since and seolfre,

      Exon. Th. 401, 11 ; Rä. 21, 10.

  • Seah on sync, on sylfor, on searogimmas,

      478, 4 ; Ruin. 36.

  • Tó heánlíc mé þinceþ, ðæt gé mid úrum sceattum tó scype gangon unbefohtene . . . ne sceole gé swá sófte sinc gegangan,

      Byrht. Th. 133, 33 ; By. 59.

  • Leóda gód, súðmonna sinc,

      Cd. Th. 121, 28 ; Gen. 2017.

  • Hé bebohte bearn Wealdendes on seolfres sinc,

      301, 7 ; Sat. 578.

  • Hé beágas dǽlde, sinc æt symle,

      Beo. Th. 162 ; B. 81.

  • Ðone hring hæfde Higelác nýhstan síðe, siððan hé under segne sinc ealgode,

      Beo. Th. 2413 ; B. 1204.

  • Ðú ða mádmas Higeláce onsend ; mæg ðonne on ðæm golde ongitan, ðonne hé on ðæt sinc stariaþ . . ., 2975 ; B. 1485. ¶ Sinces brytta, hyrde a dispenser, guardian of treasure, a prince, cf. sinc-gifa,

    and

    Sinca baldor . . . Hréðel cyning geaf mé sinc and symbel, 4853 ;
      B. 2431.

  • Ðone sélestan sǽcyninga ðara ðe sinc brytnade, 4756 ; B. 2383 :-- Sinces brytta, goldwine gumena (

    Hrothgar

    ), 2344 ;
      B. 1170.

  • Sinces brytta, folces hyrde, 1219 ; B. 607 : Exon. Th. 288, 3 ; Wand. 25 : (

    Holofernes

    ),
      Judth. Thw. 21, 22 ; Jud. 30.

  • Sinces brytta, aðelinga helm (

    Pharaoh

    ),
      Cd. Th. 111, 18 ; Gen. 1857.

  • Sinces hyrde,

      Melchisedec, 126, 27 ; Gen. 2101.
Etymology
[O. Sax. sink.]
Similar entries
v. fæted-sinc.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “sinc.” 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/27773.

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