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sídan

(adv.)
Grammar
sídan, adv.
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From a wide area Of gehwilcum stówum wýdan and sýdan gegaderod, Cod. Dip. B. ii. 389, 23. Cf. next word

sién

(v.)
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be) (

sícan

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Sícende lactans, Ps. Rdr. p. 289, 25. Swá swá síced is ofer módur his sicut ablactatus est super matrem suam, 130, 2. Add

sícan

(v.)
Grammar
sícan, sýcan; p. te
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To cause to suck, to suckle, give suck Ðú sýcst hálgum breóste lactas sacrato ubere, Hymn. Surt. 75, 43. Ða breóst ðe ne síctun (sýctun, MS. A.) ubera quae non lactauenmt, Lk. Skt. 23, 29

Linked entry: sýcan

sícan

(v.)
Grammar
sícan, p. sác.
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to sike (still in dial. e. g. Lancashire), sigh, groan On mínum bedde ic síce and wépe, Ps. Th. 6, 5. to sigh for, long for Ðæt wǽron ða tída ðe Rómáne nú ǽfter sícaþ en tempora . . . quibus recordatio suspirat, Ors. 2, 8 ; Swt. 92, 35

sién

(n.)
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vision) (

sígan

(v.)
Grammar
sígan, p. sáh, pl. sigon ; pp. sigen.
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to pass from a higher to a lower position, to sink, descend, decline, fall down Hé ( a man hung on a tree ) on wyrtruman sígeþ, fealleþ on foldan, Exon. Th. 328, 29 ; Vy. 25. Ðá hé on eorþan sáh cadens in terram, Bd. 3, 12 ; S. 537, 31. Hí áheówon ðæt

Linked entries: sígend sígere

síman

(v.)
Grammar
síman, p. de
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To load, put a burden (seám) on Gé sýmaþ (sémaþ, Lind.) men mid ðám byrþenum . . . and gé ne áhrínaþ ða seámas mid eówrum ánum fingre oneratis homines oneribus . . . et ipsi uno digito uestro non tangitis sarcinas, Lk. Skt. 11, 46. Sýmaþ onerant, Engl

Linked entries: séman sýman

sícan

(v.)
Grammar
sícan, to sigh.
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Add: [v. N. E. D. siche, sike]

sígan

(v.)
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to sink. Add Se beám wæs áhyld on áne healfe ꝥ man eáðe mihte witan hwider hé sígan wolde, Hml. S. 31, 409. <b>I a.</b> add :-- Seó sunne sáh tó setle, Hml. S. 23, 246. Add Þá sáh him on ꝥ cyrlisce folc swíðe wédende (cf. gearn mycel menigeo

síman

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Sýmð honustat, Hpt. 31, 15, 398. Add

sín

(n.)
Grammar
sín, seón, sién, sýn, e ; f.
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power of seeing, sight, vision Smire on ða eágan, sió sýn biþ ðý scearpre, Lchdm. ii. 30, 21. Se hwæl se ðe gársecges grund bihealdeþ sweartan sýne the whale that beholds the depths of ocean with darkened sight, Exon. Th. 427, 20 ; Rä. 41, 94. Ne wyrt

Linked entries: seón sién sýn

sín

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
sín, possess, pron.
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His, her, its, their ; suus. This pronoun, which is regularly used in the cognate dialects, rarely occurs in English prose, where its place seems to have been early taken by the genitive of hé, heó, hit. referring to a sing. masc. Gif hæleþa hwilc eágum

sin-

(prefix)
Grammar
sin-, (sine-, seonu-, v. cpds.). The form does not occur as an independent word ; as a prefix it has usually the force ever, everlasting ; but in some cases it seems to denote magnitude, e. g. sin-here ; cf.
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O. H. Ger. sin-vluot the deluge

Linked entries: seonu-wealt syn-

-sín

(suffix)

Similar entry: on-sín

sín

Grammar
sín, be.

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sín

Grammar
sín, sight.
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Add: a sight, spectacle

sín

Grammar
sín, his.
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Æteúwdæ se Hǽlend sínum ambehtum, Jn. L. 21, 14. Add

sibban

(v.)
Grammar
sibban, (?); p. sifde (?)
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To rejoice Sifeþ gaudet, Bd. 5, 23; S. 646, 35 note

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sibi

Similar entry: sife