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ge-sam-híwan

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sam-híwan, gen. -híwena, pl. m.

Married persons ⬩ conjugati, conjugia

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Married persons; conjugati, conjugia Unriht gewuna is arisen betwih gesamhíwum prava in conjugatorum moribus consuetudo surrexit, Bd. 1, 27; S. 493, 34, note: Bd. 4, 5; S. 573, 14, note

heáh-sǽ-þeóf

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-sǽ-þeóf, es; m.

A chief pirate ⬩ archi-pirata

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A chief pirate; archi-pirata, Cot. 9, 171

sláh

Similar entry: slá

sláp

Similar entry: slǽp

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-

sio-

(prefix)
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See generally seo-

stam

(adj.)
Grammar
stam, stamm; adj.
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Stammering Stom, wlisp balbutus, Txts. 45, 277: blessus, 308. Stam battulus (balbutus?), 109, 1150. Stomm blessus, stom, wlisp balbutus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 72, 75

Linked entry: stom

-sín

(suffix)

Similar entry: on-sín

six

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Add: as adjective with a subst. expressed Siex míla from ðǽre byrig. Ors. 2, 4; S. 70, 25. Siex mónað, 2, 8; S. 94, 2. Sex weðras, sex gósfuglas, C. D. i. 312, 8. Fato sexo (sex, L.) hydriae sex, Jn. R. 2, 6. Æfter dagum sex, Mt. L. R. 17, 1. Æfter dagum

sóca

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(?)

sol

(n.)
Grammar
sol, a miry place.
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Sola uolutabra, An. Ox. 2, 314. Add

Linked entry: solu

sol

(adj.)
Grammar
sol, (?); adj.
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Dirty Soles rugosae (Constantinus . . . matronae rugosae figuram vidit in extasi deformem fronte vetusta, Ald. 152, 22), An. Ox. 15, 3

Linked entry: solian

sóm

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Add:

són

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Add: ¶ be sóne loudly, aloud Hlúddre stefne . . . óþre stillíce . . . mid swéglicre stefne . . . óþre stillíce . . . nihtsang eác be sóne alta uoce . . . cetera silenter. . . sonora uoce . . . cetera silenter . . . Completorium aeque sonore, Angl. xiii

-sopa

(suffix)

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sod

Similar entry: ge-sod

sól

(n.)
Grammar
sól, e; f. (?)

The sun

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The sun Ne ðé sunne on dæge sól ne gebærne per diem sol non uret te Ps. Th. 120, 6

som

Similar entry: sam

sopa

(n.)
Grammar
sopa, an; m.

A sup, draught ⬩ a sup, mouthful

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A sup, draught On wearmum wætre drince betonican týn sopan Lchdm. ii. 134, 22. Súpe cú buteran .viii. morgnas .iii. sopan 294, 1. [ Þer (in hell) is o wateres flod . . . a þusen saulen beoþ bi sore ofþurst . . . ne moten heo biden neuer o sope Misc.

Linked entry: súpe

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