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self, <b>A. I</b> δ.
Wright's OE grammar
§84; §463;
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  • Gif þú geótendǽdre ne mæge áwríþan, genim ꝥ selfe blód þe of yrnð,

      Lch. ii. 148, 17.
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  • Hió seulf,

      C. D. B. ii. 146, 29.

  • Hé eardode ána mid him sylfum,

      Gr. D. 105, 29.

  • Wé magon cweþan ꝥ sé wǽre mid him sylfum þe gesǽd is on ðám godspelle ꝥ hé fæder forléte and feorr land sóhte,

      106, 24.
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  • Nú wille ic ꝥ þú sitte þé sylf on þínre cytan, Hml. S. 33, 167. II a.

    add: with

    ágen :-- Hé hine forlét tó his ágnes sylfes dóme,
      Gr. D. 13, 20.
  • III a :-- Gif his hwá sié lustful!!
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  • 'Hwæt déstú gif ic tómergen middeges gebíde ?' Hé cwæð, 'Sylf ic swelte þonne' '

    what will you do if I live to see midday tomorrow? He said, 'I will kill myself if you do,'

      Hml. S. 3, 591.

  • Þá habbað him sylf cyning,

      Ors. 1, 1; S. 20, 1.

  • Ǽgðer ge hié self wéndon ge ealle ðá neáhþeóda ꝥ hié ofer hié ealle mehte anwald habban, 3, 1; S. 96, 6: Bd. pref.; Sch. 4, 12. B. add :-- Genim þás wyrte sylfe gecnucude (cf. genim þás ylcan wyrte swá wé ǽr cwǽdon gecnucude, 5), Lch. i. 322, 2. C. translating solus :-- Willa on him sylf oferprút ys

    uoluntas in eis sola superba est,

      Scint. 183, 11.

  • For sylfre ídelre gylpincge

    pro sola inani gloria,

      144, 11.

  • Gif æfter woruld sweltende ꝥ sylfe démde on heortan gegladað

    si secundum saeculum moriens quod solum decreuit corde delectatur,

      216, 8.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “self.” 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/57969.

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