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Anglo-Saxon

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Syles eá

(n.)
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Selsey; insula vituli marini, Bd. 4, 13; S. 583, 8

syl-weg

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cf. syll)

tyld-syle

Similar entry: teld-sele

ge-sylt

Similar entry: ge-siltan

ge-sylt

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-sylt, pp. of ge-syltan.

salted; ⬩ sale conditus

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salted; sale conditus Gyf ðæt sealt awyrþ, on ðam ðe hit gesylt biþ if the salt be insipid, with what shall it be salted? Mt. Bos. 5, 13: Mk. Bos, 9, 49

ge-sýlð

(n.)

happiness.

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happiness

-syd

(suffix)
Grammar
-syd, in ge-syd a miry place. [Halliwell gives suddie=miry, boggy. Cf. also sod. Cf. O. H. Ger. salz-suti salsugo: Ger. sudel a puddle.]
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Cf. seáþ

syl-weg

(n.)
Grammar
syl-weg, es; m.
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A miry way (?) On sylweg; andlang weges on ða hǽðihtan leáge, and swá on ðæt fúle slóh, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 262, 22

ge-syd

Grammar
ge-syd, v. -syd
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in Dict

syx

(n.; num.; adj.)

Similar entry: six

sýn

sight

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sight

syn-

(prefix)

ever-

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ever-

sýr

(n.)
Grammar
sýr,
  • Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 42,
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seems to have a meaning similar to that of swylige

syb

(n.)
Grammar
syb, sybb, v. sib[b].

This might be a link to, a part of or a variant of another entry.

sýn

be

Sýl-hearwa

Similar entry: Sigel-hearwa

ge-syfl-melu

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Dele, and see ge-siftan

ge-syfl-melu

(n.)
Grammar
ge-syfl-melu, n.

Dough

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Dough Ðæt folc nam gesyflmelu [gesyft melu, Thw.] ǽr ðam hit gebyrmed wǽre the people took their dough before it was leavened, Exod. 12, 34

Linked entry: ge-syft

níd-syn

(n.)
Grammar
níd-syn, (?), níd-synn, e; f.

A sin of violence

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A sin of violence Hú ic becwom in ðis neowle genip nídsynnum (MS. mid synnum : Grein, níþsynnum) fáh, Cd. Th. 275, 32; Sat. 180

syn-wyrcende

(adj.)

working sin, sinning, working iniquity

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working sin, sinning, working iniquity Synwyrcende ( the devil ), Elen. Kmbl. 1884; El. 944. Synwyrcende ( operantes iniquitatem ), ða ðe unrihtes ǽghwær þenceaþ, Ps. Th. 140, 11. Ansýna synn*-*wyrcendra facies peccatorum, 81, 2

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