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sundor

  • adverb
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Grammar
sundor, (-er, -ur); adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§557;
apart, aloof, by one's self, separately
Ne scealt ðú sunder beón from ðínum geférum on Ongelcyricean tua fraternitas seorsum fieri non debet a clericis suis in ecclesia Anglorum,
    Bd. 1, 27; S. 489, 11.
Geseah se cyning heora sacerdas sundor stondon (seorsum consistere), 2, 2; S. 503, 38. Hé gesæt him sundor æt rúne, Exon. Th. 293. 3; Wand. 111: Andr. Kmbl. 2324; An. 1163. Gebærne wulfes ceácan and ða téþ sundor burn the teeth by themselves, Lchdm. ii. 102, 13. Se Hǽlend genam his twelf þegnas sundor of ðæm weorode, Blickl. Homl. 15, 7. Sundor ácígan to call aside,
    Elen. Kmbl. 1203; El. 603.
severally, each by himself
Sundor ánra gehwilc herige ðec let each one severally praise thee, Cd. Th. 239, 15; Dan. 370. Féran sceal sundor ánra gehwæs sáwl of líce, Exon. Th. 191, 24; Az. 93. Swá monig beóþ men ofer eorþan, swá beóþ módgeþoncas; ǽlc him hafaþ sundor sefan (sundor-sefan?), 344, 5; Gn. Ex. 169. Heó wile gesécan sundor ǽghwylcne feorhberendra, 420, 18; Rä. 40, 5: Salm. Kmbl. 130; Sal. 64.
in a manner different from others
Ilco ðoht óðer suindir áurát eundem sensum alius aliter expressit, Mt. Kmbl. p. 3, 5.
in a way that separates, asunder
Sundur gedǽlan líf wið líce to part asunder life from body, Beo. Th. 4836; B. 2422. Seó cwén bebeád cræftum getýde sundor ásécean ða sélestan (to pick out the best workmen), Elen. Kmbl. 2035; El. 1019: 813; El. 407.
Etymology
[Goth. sundró: O. Sax. sundar(-or): O. H. Ger. suntar: Icel. sundr.]
Similar entries
v. on-sundrum.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “sundor.” 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/29347.

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