sýl
- noun [ feminine ]
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Sc̃s Arculfus sagaþ ðæt hé gesáwe on Hierusalem áne sýle . . . ðonne seó sunne byþ on ðæs heofones mydle ðonne nafaþ seó sýl nǽnige sceade . . . and swá ða dagas forð on sceortiaþ, swá byþ ðære sýle sceade lengra. Ðeós sýl cýþeþ ðæt Hierusalem ys geseted on myddre eorðan,
- Shrn. 95, 30-96, 5, 8.
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In sýle wolcnes
in columna nubis,
- Ps. Surt. 98, 7.
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Ðære méder wæs on slǽpe ætýwed . . . ðæt hyre man stunge áne sýle on ðone bósum,
- 149, 2.
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Ercoles sýla
Herculis columnae,
- Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 8, 26.
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Ðæt feoh ðe hié wiþ ðám sýlum sellan woldon,
- 4, 12; Swt. 210, 4.
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Ic getrymede sýle his
confirmavi columnas ejus,
- Ps. Surt. 74, 4.
- [O. Frs. séle: O. L. Ger. O. H. Ger. súl columna: Icel. súla a pillar. Cf. Goth. sauls a pillar.] Cf. syll.
Bosworth, Joseph. “sýl.” 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/29965.
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