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Anglo-Saxon

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silf

(pronoun.)

Similar entry: self

simel

Similar entry: symbel

-singe

(suffix)

Similar entry: ge-singe

sién

(v.)
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be) (

siére

Similar entry: seár

sigel

(n.)
Grammar
sigel, sægl, segl ; n. (?)
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The sun ; also the name of the rune=S ᛋ sǽmannum symble byþ on hihte (cf. Icelandic Runic poem—Sól er landa ljómi), Runic pm. Kmbl. 342, 15 ; Rún. 16. Woruldcandel scán, sigel súþan fús, Beo. Th. 3936 ; B. 1966. Wuldres tácen swylce hádre

Linked entries: segl sægl

Sigen

(n.)
Grammar
Sigen, e ; f.
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The Seine ; Sequana Andlang Sigene, Chr. 887 ; Erl. 84, 31. Be Sigene (Signe, MS. A.). 660 ; Erl. 35, 8 : 897 ; Erl. 94, 28

sigle

(n.)
Grammar
sigle, es ; n.
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A necklace, collar, band for the neck Ne beóþ ðǽr forþ borene sigele ne beágas ne heora heáfodgold, Wulfst. 253, 23. Ðá gemétte heó under hrægele gylden sigele ( monile ), Bd. 4, 23 ; S. 595, 5. Háma ætwæg Brósinga mene, sigle and sincfæt, Beo. Th.

Linked entries: sigel sigele

sinu

Similar entry: seonu

siodo

Similar entry: sidu

siru

(n.)
Grammar
siru, gen. sirwe ; f.
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An artifice, a snare, wile, crafty device ; as a military term, an ambush Gif hwá gewealdes ofsleá his ðone néhstan þurh syrwa (with guile, Exod. 21, 14), L. Alf. 13 ; Th. i. 48, 1, note. Sette syrwa pone insidias, Jos. 8, 2

Linked entries: sirwe syrwa

sícle

(adj.)
Grammar
sícle, adj.
Entry preview:

In bad health, sickly On .ii. nihte aldne mónan ꝥ cild, ꝥ swá bið ácenned, bið seóc and sícle (unhál, v. l. infirmus), Archiv cxxix. 21, 16

siht

(adj.)
Grammar
siht, adj.
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Drained (?) On sihtre mǽde norþeweardre, C. D. iii. 430, 29. Cf. seohhe, seohtre

-sitt

(suffix)

Similar entry: on-sitt

síþ

Grammar
síþ, <b>. IV.</b>
Entry preview:

Add Hé cóm tó his bréðer, and his síð be endebyrdnysse sǽde, Hml. Th. ii. 358, 25. 1. Add Ǽne síþa semel, Ps. Srt. 61, 12: 88, 36

síþ

(prep.; adv.; con.)
Entry preview:

Sax. ni síð noh ér : O. H. Ger. ér enti síd : Icel. ár ok síð, síð ok snemma) :-- Ǽr and síþ early and late, always, Beo. Th. 4993 ; B. 2500. Síþ and ǽr, Cd. Th. 177, 24 ; Gen. 2934 : Exon. Th. 38, 5 ; Cri. 602.

sind

Grammar
sind, ( = síð ?)
Entry preview:

Yfla ðara ðe ic gefremede nalæs feám sindon (cf. gylta ðara ðe ic gefreméde nales feám síðum. Elen. Kmbl. 1633 ; El. 818 ; also Andr. Kmbl. 1210 ; An. 605 : Hy. 4, 65), Exon. Th. 263, 24 ; Jul. 354

sinc

(n.)
Grammar
sinc, es ; n. (used only in poetry)
Entry preview:

Ðone hring hæfde Higelác nýhstan síðe, siððan hé under segne sinc ealgode, Beo. Th. 2413 ; B. 1204.

síþ

(n.)
Grammar
síþ, es ; m.
Entry preview:

[Þat te schal bireowe þat sið, þat tu eauer dides te into swuch þeowdom, H. M. 9, 2.

Linked entries: síþemest síþmæst

síd-weg

(n.)
Grammar
síd-weg, es ; m.
Entry preview:

A road that stretches far ; in the plural distant parts Ðá wæs gesamnod of sídwegum mægen unlytel, Elen. Kmbl. 564 ; El. 282. Fugla cynn on healfa gehwone heápum þringaþ sígaþ sídwegum contrahit in coetum sese genus omne volantum, Exon. Th. 221, 19

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