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sund

  • noun [ neuter ]
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sund, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§249;
power of swimming
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  • Hé sealde ðám fixum sund and ðám fugelum fliht,

      Homl. Th. i. 16, 7: Hexam. 8; Norm. 14, 10.

  • Dol biþ se ðe gǽþ on deóp wæter, se ðe sund nafaþ, ne gesegled scip, Salm. Kmbl. 449; Sal. 225. [Heore (

    fishes

    ) sund is awemmed,
      Laym. 21326.
    ]
the act of swimming
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  • Hé on holme wæs sundés ðe sǽnra,

      Beo. Th. 2876; B. 1436.

  • Hé ðé æt sunde oferflát

    he beat you at swimming,

      1039; B. 517.

  • Hé mid sunde (cf.

    Icel.

    með sundi) ða eá oferfaran wolde,
      Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 72, 29.

  • Apollonius becom mid sunde tó Pentapolim,

      Ap. Th. 11, 6.

  • Hié on sunde (cf.

    Icel.

    á sundi) tó ðære byrig fóron,
      Nar. 10, 28: Beo. Th. 3240; B. 1618.

  • Ðú ðe wið Brecan wunne on sídne sǽ ymb sund flite

    thou that didst strive with Brecan on the wide sea, didst contend in the matter of swimming,

    1019 ;
      B. 507.

  • Flód on sund (cf.

    Icel.

    á sund) áhóf earce from eorðan,
      Cd. Th. 83, 32; Gen. 1388.
sea, water
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  • Streámas wundon, sund wið sande,

      Beo. Th. 431; B. 213.

  • Ðá wæs sund liden

    then was the sea passed,

      452; B. 223.

  • Se stán tógán, streám út áweóll ... sund grunde onféng,

      Andr. Kmbl. 3055; An. 1530.

  • Sund unstille,

      Exon. Th. 338, 14; Gn. Ex. 78.

  • Swelaþ sǽfiscas sundes getwǽfde (

    the ocean having been dried up by the heat

    ),
      61, 20; Cri. 987.

  • Wǽglíþende setlaþ sǽmearas sundes æt ende by the shore (or

    at the end of their swimming

    (?)),
      361, 6; Wal. 15.

  • Ic on sunde áwóx ufan ýþum þeaht,

      392, 6; Rä. 11, 3.

  • Sǽmearas sunde getenge,

      Elen. Kmbl. 456; El. 228.

  • Of nihtes sunde,

      Salm. Kmbl. 675; Sal. 337.

  • Hié on sund (

    the Red Sea

    ) stigon,
      Cd. Th. 198, 8; Exod. 319: Beo. Th. 1029; B. 512.

  • Ðone ðe grund and sund, eorðan and hreó wǽgas, salte sǽstreámas ámearcode,

      Andr. Kmbl. 1494; An. 748.

  • Hwá ðam sǽflotan sund wísode

    whoacted as pilot for the vessel,

      762; An. 381: 976; An. 488.
Etymology
[Fiss on sund (watir, Trin. MS.); C. M. 621. Icel. sund swimming; a sound: Dan. Swed. sund a sound, strait.]
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v. syndig.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “sund.” 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/29332.

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