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yþ

  • noun [ feminine ]
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yþ, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §114; §376; §562;
a wave of the sea (lit. or fig.)
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  • Flód oððe ýþ

    fluctus,

      Ælfc. Gr. 11; Zup. 79, 2.

  • Éð

    unde,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 23.

  • Brim eft oncwæð, ýð óðerre,

      Andr. Kmbl. 885; An. 443.

  • Stunede sió brúne ýð wið óðre,

      Met. 26, 30.

  • Wédende ýða

    frementes fluctus,

      Hpt. Gl. 464, 74.

  • Ýða

    flustra,

      478, 57.

  • Swá swá ýþa for winde ða sǽ hréraþ,

      Bt. 39, 1; Fox 210, 25: Met. 27, 3: Cd. Th. 83, 25; Gen. 1385: Ps. Th. 77, 53: Exon. Th. 488, 5; Rä. 76, 2.

  • Ða sylfan ýþa wǽron áhafene ofer ðæt scip,

      Blickl. Homl. 235, 6.

  • Ða ýða swygiaþ

    siluerunt fluctus,

      Ps. Th. 106, 28.

  • Ða ýða ðara costunga,

      Past. 16; Swt. 103, 91.

  • Ýþe,

      Exon. Th. 188, 3; Az. 40: Cd. Th. 196, 8; Exod. 288.

  • Ða wonhǽwan oððe swearthǽwenan oððe ýða

    cerula,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 66.

  • Wonne ýþa,

      Cd. Th. 86, 13; Gen. 1430.

  • Sealte ýþa,

      Ps. Th. 76, 13.

  • Ýþa hlúde,

      64, 7.

  • Ýþa ofermǽta,

      Exon. Th. 53, 23; Cri. 855.

  • Ýþa geþwǽre,

      382, 22; Rä. 3, 15.

  • Hreó wǽron ýþa,

      Beo. Th. 1101; B. 548.

  • Seó sǽ mót brúcan smyltra ýþa,

      Bt. 7, 3; Fox 20, 23.

  • Eástreám ýða,

      Cd. Th. 240, 11; Dan. 385.

  • Ýða ful

    the sea,

      Beo. Th. 2421; B. 1208.

  • Ýða yrfeweard,

      Salm. Kmbl. 163; Sal. 81.

  • Ýða swengas,

      Elen. Kmbl. 478; El. 239.

  • Ýða ðrym,

      Beo. Th. 3841; B. 1918.

  • Sǽs swéges and ýða (ýðana

    fluctuum, Lind. Rush.), Lk. Skt. 21, 25, Ðæt scyp wearð ofergoten mid ýðum (fluctibus ),

      Mt. Kmbl. 8, 24.

  • Of ðám ýðum tótorfod,

      14, 24.

  • Hé gesette ýðum heora onrihtne ryne,

      Cd. Th. 10, 34; Gen. 166.

  • Flota wæs on ýðum,

      Beo. Th. 426; B. 210.

  • Ofer ýðum,

      3819; B. 1907.

  • Hé ýðum stilde,

      Andr. Kmbl. 902; An. 451.

  • Sealtum ýðum,

      Cd. Th. 207, 26; Exod. 472.

  • On ðám ýðum ðisse worulde,

      Bt. 4; Fox 8, 22: Met. 4, 56.

  • Æfter eallum ðám ýstum and ýþum úrra geswinca,

      Bt. 34, 8; Fox 144, 28: Met. 21, 54.

  • Ealle ýða ðíne

    omnes fluctus tuos,

      Ps. Spl. 87, 7: Mk. Skt. 4, 37.

  • Ýþa wrégan,

      Exon. Th. 383, 28; Rä. 4, 17.

  • Gán ofer sǽs ýþa,

      Blickl. Homl. 177, 18.

  • Féran ofer sǽs ýþe,

      Shrn. 104, 34: Exon. Th. 72, 5; Cri. 1168: Beo. Th. 91; B. 46.

  • Winter ýþe beleác,

      2269; B. 1132. ¶ gen. pl.
    with words denoting the movement of the waves forming phrases =

    the billowy sea

    :-- Ýða gelaac,
      Ps. Th. 118, 136: Exon. Th. 442, 3; Kl. 7.

  • Ýða geswing,

      Beo. Th. 1700; B. 848: Andr. Kmbl. 703; An. 353.

  • Ýða geþræc,

      1645; An. 824: Exon. Th. 381, 26; Rä. 3, 2: 404, 13; Rä. 23, 7.

  • Ýða geþring,

      Andr. Kmbl. 736; An. 368.

  • Ýða gewealc,

      517; An. 259: Cd. Th. 206, 21; Exod. 455: Beo. Th. 932; B. 464: Chr. 975; Erl. 126, 19.

  • Ýða gewin,

      Beo. Th. 2942; B. 1469.

  • Ýða ongin,

      Andr. Kmbl. 931; An. 466.

  • Ýða wylm, 1726; An. 865. Ia. in a collective sense,

    the wave, water, sea :-- Ýð, ædwella flustra, i. unda,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 67.

  • Ýð up færeþ,

      Cd. Th. 195, 25; Exod. 282.

  • Ýð (cf. gewinn ýþa and landes,

      Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 35)
    wið lande ealneg winneþ, Met. 28, 57.

  • Mec ýð sió brúne beleólc, Exon. Th. 471, 25; Rä. 61, 6. Ib. applied to a quantity of any liquid, flood as in

    floods

    of tears :-- Flód ýðum weóll,
      Andr. Kmbl. 3091; An. 1548.

  • Blód ýðum weóll,

      2482; An. 1242.

  • Swát ýðum weóll,

      2552; An. 1277: Beo. Th. 5380; B. 2693.

  • Teagor ýðum weóll,

      Exon. Th. 182, 23; Gú. 1314.
any liquid, water
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  • Suǽ huæd in húsum gileáffulra ðás ýð eft ástrægde

    quicquid in domibus fidelium haec unda resperserit,

      Rtl. 121, 36.
Etymology
[Innan þan sea weren .vii. bittere uþe, O. E. Homl. i. 43, 3. Þe wind þa sæ wraðede, uðen þer urnen, Laym. 4578. Þet uðen (unðes, v. l.) ne stormes þet scip ne ouerworpen, A. R. 142, 11. Hit reled upon þe roȝe yþes, Allit. Pms. 96, 147. O. Sax. úðia: O. H. Ger. unda: Icel. unnr, uðr.]
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v. ár-, flód-, geofon-, líg-, sǽ-, sealt-, wæter-ýþ; ýþe.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “yþ.” 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/37278.

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