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sirwan

  • verb [ weak ]
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sirwan, sirwian, sirewan ; p. sirwde, sirwede, sirede, sirewede, sirwode.
in a good sense,
to plan, devise, use art in doing something
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  • Hé (

    the Creator

    ) serede and sette eorþan dǽlas,
      Cd. Th. 265, 29 ; Sat. 15.
in a bad sense,
trans.
To plan, contrive, devise, plot, attempt with craft
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  • Hí ne sǽtincge ne gestrodu wið Angelþeóde syrwaþ

    nil contra gentem Anglorum insidiarum moliuntur aut fraudium,

      Bd. 5, 23 ; S. 646, 37.

  • Syrwiaþ concinnant (iniquitatem), Blickl. Gl. Ðám ðe mé syrwedan yfel

    qui quaerunt mala mihi,

      Ps. Th. 70, 12.

  • Hí fácen geswipere syredan

    astute cogitaverunt consilium,

      82, 3 : Andr. Kmbl. 1220 ; An. 610.

  • Beó serewede

    moliretur, machinaretur,

      Hpt. Gl. 487, 23.
with a clause
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  • Hé angan sierwan hú hé hiene beswícan mehte. Ors. 1, 12 ; Swt. 52, 3.
without a case
in the following glosses
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  • Syrwaþ

    moliuntur,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 30.

  • Serwede

    machinaretur,

      Hpt. Gl. 509, 73.

  • Serwedon

    machinabantur,

      520, 4.

  • Serewedan,

      506, 5.

  • Seredon

    concinnabant,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 26.

  • Seruuende

    convenientes,

      105, 26.

  • Syrwende,

      15, 28.
to lie in wait, plot
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  • Hé syrwþ (Ps. Lamb. syrwaþ) swá swá leó

    insidiatur quasi leo,

      Ps. Spl. second 9, 10.

  • Se ðe nánþing ne syrwde

    qui non est insidiatus,

      Ex. 21, 13.

  • Syrede,

      Beo. Th. 324 ; B. 161.
  • Se syrwienda deóful. Wulfst. 107, 22.
with prep, to lie in wait for,
plot against
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  • Ðú syrwst ongeán hyre hó,

      Gen. 3, 15.

  • Deófol syrwþ ymbe Godes gelaðunge,

      Homl. Th. i. 240, 1.

  • Mé manige ymb mægene syrewaþ,

      Ps. Th. 54, 18.

  • Ða syrwde Herodias ymbe hine

    Herodias insidiabatur illi,

      Mk. Skt. 6, 19 : Homl. Th. i. 82, 20.

  • Ða ðe ymbe ðæs cildes feorh syrwdon

    those who sought the child's life,

      88, 18 : ii. 112, 33.

  • Ða ðe emb his feorh syredon

    quos in necem suam conspirasse didicerat,

      Bd. 2, 9 ; S. 512, 4.

  • Mé seredon ymb secgas monige, hú heó mé deáþes cwealm hrefnan mihten,

      Cd. Th. 296, 6 ; Sat. 498.

  • Gif hwá ymb cyninges feorh sierwie (syrwie,

      MSS. B. H.), L. Alf. pol. 4 ; Th. i. 62, 15.

  • Seó næddre wolde syrwan ongeán hire hó,

      Boutr. Scrd. 20, 12.
Similar entries
v. be-, ge-sirwan (-serian, -syrewian, -syrian, -syrwan).
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v.  serede serwan sierede syrede syrwan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “sirwan.” 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/27859.

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