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síþ

  • noun [ masculineneuter ]
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Grammar
síþ, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§97; §286; §446; §454; §455; §556; §557;
going, journeying, travel
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  • Síþes ámyrred

    hindered from going,

    • Cd. Th. 24, 16
      • ;
    • Gen. 378
      • .

  • Síþes wérig

    weary of swimming,

    • Beo. Th. 1162
      • ;
    • B. 579
      • .

  • Síþes sǽne

    slow in travelling,

    • Apstls. Kmbl. 67
      • ;
    • Ap. 34
      • .

  • Ne æt hám ne on síþe ne on ǽnigre stówe

    neither at home, nor when travelling, nor in any place,

    • L. I. P. 9
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 314, 33
      • :
    • Exon. Th. 339, 34
      • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 104
      • .

  • Se ðe of síþe cwom feorran geféred,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 356
      • ;
    • Sal. 177
      • .
going from this world
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  • Is nú fús ðider gǽst síþes georn,

    • Exon. Th. 164, 27
      • ;
    • Gú. 1018
      • .

  • Ic eom síþes fús,

    • 166, 30
      • ;
    • Gú. 1050
      • :
    • 212, 10
      • ;
    • Ph. 208
      • .

  • Líf biþ on síþe,

    • 213, 6
      • ;
    • Ph. 220
      • :
    • 328, 32
      • ;
    • Vy. 26
      • .

  • Beó ðú on síþ gearu,

    • 172, 24
      • ;
    • Gú. 1148
      • .
a journey, voyage, course, expedition
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  • Síþ wæs gedǽled

    the course of the Israelites and Egyptians was no longer a common one,

    • Cd. Th. 190, 31
      • ;
    • Exod. 207
      • .

  • Lust leófes síþes

    (the journey out of Egypt),
    • 180, 31
      • ;
    • Exod. 53
      • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 2084
      • ;
    • An. 1043
      • .

  • Cwén siþes (her voyage to Palestine) gefeah,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 494
      • ;
    • El. 247
      • .

  • Ne lǽt ðú ðec síþes getwǽfan, láde gelettan, lifgendne mon ongin mere sécan,

    • Exon. Th. 474, 2
      • ;
    • Bo. 23
      • .

  • Nó wǽgflotan wind síþes getwǽfde, sǽgenga fór forþ ofer ýþe,

    • Beo. Th. 3820
      • ;
    • B. 1908
      • .

  • Flówan mót ýþ ofer eal lond, ne wile heó áwa ðæs síþes geswícan,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 647
      • ;
    • Sal. 323
      • .

  • Hú myccle scipbrocu hé gebád on ðæm síþe ðe hé (St. Paul) wæs ðyder rǽpling gelǽded,

    • Blickl. Homl. 173, 7
      • .

  • Ǽghwelc mon ðe on ðæm síþe wǽre

    every man that was on the expedition,

    • L. Alf. pol. 29
      • ;
    • Th. i. 80, 8
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 76, 2
      • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 1590
      • ;
    • An. 796
      • :
    • Exon. Th. 451, 13
      • ;
    • Dóm. 103
      • .

  • Ne gǽle gé mínne síþ, nú míne fét gongaþ on heofenlícne weg,

    • Blickl. Homl. 191, 21
      • .

  • Waldend sende here on langne síþ,

    • Cd. Th. 5, 8
      • ;
    • Gen. 68
      • .

  • Hét mé on ðysne síþ faran,

    • 32, 7
      • ;
    • Gen. 499
      • .

  • Heó on síþ gewát wésten sécan,

    • 136, 29
      • ;
    • Gen. 2265
      • .

  • Hí tugon longne síþ in hearmra hond,

    • Exon. Th. 228, 19
      • ;
    • Ph. 440
      • .

  • Gif ðú hafast mid ðé wulfes hrycghǽr on síþfæte, bútan fyrhtu ðú ðone síþ gefremest, ac se wulf sorgiaþ ymbe his síþ,

    • Lchdm. i. 360, 22
      • .

  • Gegán sorhfulne síþ,

      Beo. Th. 2560 ; B. 1278.

  • Síþ ásettan,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1990
      • ;
    • El. 997
      • .

  • Hwílum ús earfoþlíce gesǽleþ on sǽwe ðéh wé síþ nesan frécne geféran

    at times we have hard hap at sea, though we come safe from and perform our dangerous voyage,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1030
      • ;
    • An. 515
      • .

  • Ðære sunnan síþ behealdan,

    • Exon. Th. 203, 27
      • ;
    • Ph. 90
      • .

  • Hwylce Sǽ-Geátas síþas wǽron: 'Hú lomp eów on láde ?'

    • Beo. Th. 3977
      • ;
    • B. 1986
      • .

  • Síþa rest

    rest from journeys,

    • Cd. Th. 86, 8
      • ;
    • Gen. 1427
      • .

  • Wíde síþas,

    • 55, 36
      • ;
    • Gen. 905
      • :
    • 276, 16
      • ;
    • Sat. 189
      • .
the journey of the spirit from this world, cf. forþ-síþ
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  • Ne mæg mon foryldan ðone deóran síþ,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 723
      • ;
    • Sal. 361
      • .

  • Mín dohtor is on ýtemestum síþe

    (in extremis),

    • Mk. Skt. 5, 23
      • .
coming, arrival
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  • Hió rícsode on ðæm íglonde ðe Aulixes com tó líþan; cúð wæs sóna æðelinges síþ,

    • Met. 26, 62
      • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 88
      • ;
    • An. 44
      • .

  • Geseah Iohannes sigebearn cuman tó helle, ongeat Godes sylfes síþ,

    • Exon. Th. 462, 15
      • ;
    • Hö. 52
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 1007
      • ;
    • B. 501
      • :
    • 3946
      • ;
    • B. 1971
      • .

  • Sorgian for his síþe,

    • Cd. Th. 49, 30
      • ;
    • Gen. 800
      • .
a proceeding, course of action, way of doing, conduct
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  • Hí deófle offredon, swá him ǽfre se síþ hreówan mihte,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 23, 64
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 6109
      • ;
    • B. 3058
      • .

  • Hé hafaþ mec bereáfod rihta gehwylces; nis ðæt fæger síþ,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1819
      • ;
    • El. 911
      • .

  • Ne biþ swylc earges síþ

    such is not a coward's way,

    • Beo. Th. 5076
      • ;
    • B. 2541
      • :
    • 5058
      • ;
    • B. 2532
      • :
    • 5166
      • ;
    • B. 2586
      • .

  • Ic ne mæg ðínra worda ne wísna wuht oncnáwan síþes ne sagona

    I cannot understand aught of thy words or of thy ways, of thy proceeding or of thy sayings,

    • Cd. Th. 34, 9
      • ;
    • Gen. 535
      • .

  • Ne can ic Abeles fóre, hleómǽges síþ,

    • 61, 34
      • ;
    • Gen. 1007
      • .

  • Nú ðú seolfa miht síþ úserne (our course of action, as described in the command of Christ given in the preceding lines, or our journey, cf. faraþ l. 663, fóre, 673) gehýran,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 680
      • ;
    • An. 340
      • .
[
Þat te schal bireowe þat sið, þat tu eauer dides te into swuch þeowdom, H. M. 9, 2.
A nyð ðat weldeþ al his sið, Gen. and Ex. 274.
]
denoting that which occurs to a person, how a person fares, the course of events in the case of a person, lot, condition, fate, experience
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  • Secgan hwelc siððan wearþ herewulfa síþ

    to say what happened afterwards to the war-wolves,

    • Cd. Th. 121, 25
      • ;
    • Gen. 2015
      • .

  • Hú ðæs gǽstes síþ æfter swyltcwale geseted wurde

    how it might be appointed that the spirit should fare after the death-pang,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 310
      • ;
    • An. 155
      • .

  • Tó hwon ðínre sáwle síþ (þing, Vercel.) wurde

    what the lot of thy soul would come to be,

    • Exon. Th. 368, 11
      • ;
    • Seel. 20
      • .

  • Ðæt wæs hreówlíc síþ eallre ðissere þeóde, ðæt hé swá raðe his líf geendade,

    • Chr. 1057
      • ;
    • Erl. 192, 20
      • .

  • Wá heom ðæs síðes ðe hí men wurdon

    alas for them that it was their lot to be born men,

    • Wulfst. 27, 3
      • .

  • Hú lange wilt ðú bewépan Saules síþ, ðonne ic hine áwearp, ðæt hé leng ne ríxige ?

    • Homl. Th. ii. 64, 4
      • :
    • Cd. Th. 49, 14
      • ;
    • Gen. 792
      • .

  • Wé ðé gecýðaþ síþ úserne

    we will tell thee what happened to us (the incidents are then related),

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1719
      • ;
    • An. 862
      • .
[
Iob minegede alle his wrecche siðes (all the miseries he had experienced), O. E. Homl. ii. 169, 9.
Mi muchel unseli sið (unselhðe, Bod. MS.), Jul. 46, 8.
]
a path, way
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  • Brim, sǽmanna síþ,

    • Cd. Th. 208, 4
      • ;
    • Exod. 478
      • .

  • Hié tó helle sculon on ðone sweartan síþ

    (cf. the account of Hermóðr going to Hell: Hann reið dökkva dala ok diúpa),
    • 45, 27
      • ;
    • Gen. 733
      • .

  • Dóþ hys síþas (semitas) rihte,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 3, 3
      • :
    • Mk. Skt. I. 3
      • .
a time (cf. colloquial go, and Dan. gang),
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  • Eft óðre síþe hé férde

    iterum secundo abiit,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 26, 42
      • :
    • Gen. 27, 36
      • .

  • Ðæt deófol hine genam þriddan síþe,

    • Blickl. Homl. 27, 16
      • .
with cardinals
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  • Se hét forbærnan ealle Rómeburh on ǽnne síþ

    (all at once),

    • Bt. 16, 4
      • ;
    • Fox 58, 4
      • .

  • Oftor ðonne on ǽnne síþ

    oftener than once,

    • Beo. Th. 3163
      • ;
    • B. 1579
      • .

  • On þrý síþas drince

    let him drink it at three times,

    • Lchdm. i. 352, 13
      • .

  • Ǽne síþa (síþe, MS. C.)

    once,

    • Bd. 4, 5
      • ;
    • S. 572, 44
      • .

  • Hig férdon seofon síþon embe þa buruh,

    • Jos. 6, 15
      • :
    • Gen. 33, 3
      • :
    • Lk. Skt. 17, 4
      • .
used in multiplying numbers
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  • Feówer síþon seofon beóþ eahta and twentig &c.,

    • Anglia viii. 302, 47 sqq
      • .

  • Cweþ .xii. síþum twélf,

    • 298, 22
      • .

  • Endleofan síþon hund þúsenda . . . eahtatýne sýþum hundteóntig þúsenda,

    • Blickl. Homl. 79, 19, 22
      • .
marking degree
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  • Heó hæfde seofon síþum beorhtran sáule,

    • 147, 16
      • .
Etymology
[
Spenser uses sithe in the sense of time.
Goth. sinþ[s] time
:
O. Sax. síð; m. way, journey; a time
:
O. H. Ger. sind; m. iter, trames; vicis
:
Icel. sinn; n. (in adverbial phrases) a time
;
Dan. sind (in numeral forms, e. g. tre-sinds-tyve three times twenty, sixty).
]
Linked entries
v.  síþemest síþmæst.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “síþ.” 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/27864.

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