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sinu

Similar entry: seonu

siru

(n.)
Grammar
siru, gen. sirwe; f.

An artifice ⬩ a snare ⬩ wile ⬩ crafty device ⬩ an ambush

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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: syrwa siru-tún sirwe

siodo

Similar entry: sidu

siolf

Similar entry: self

siota

Similar entry: set

ge-sígan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sígan, p. -sáh, pl. -sigon; pp. -sigen [sígan to sink]

To sink ⬩ fall ⬩ set as the sun ⬩ cadere ⬩ labi ⬩ occĭdĕre ut sol

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To sink, fall, set as the sun; cadere, labi, occĭdĕre ut sol Ǽr heó [sunne] fullíce gesígan onginne before it [the sun] begin fully to sink, Herb. 19, 5; Lchdm. i. 112, 21. Ðæt he ána scyle gesígan æt sæcce that he alone should sink in conflict, Beo.

on-sín

(n.)
Grammar
on-sín, -sién, -sýn, e; f.

Lack, want

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Lack, want Ðæt eów nǽfre ne biþ þurh gife míne gódes onsién, Exon. Th. 30, 16; Cri. 480. Him nǽnges wæs willan onsýn, ne welan brosnung, 151, 24; Gú. 800. Nis on ðæm londe ne sár wracu ne wædle gewin ne welan onsýn luctus acerbus abest, et egestas obsita

Linked entries: -sín on-sýn

-sidu

(suffix)

Similar entry: ge-sidu

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

sige

(n.)
Grammar
sige, a fall.
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sige

(n.)
Grammar
sige, (?) aim.

Similar entry: syge

sige

Grammar
sige, victory.
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Add Hié wǽron him ondrǽdende ꝥ Læcedemonie ofer hié rícsian mehten for þǽm lytlan sige þe hié þá ofer hié hæfdon, Ors. 3, 1; S. 98, 18. Hié longe ymb þæt fuhton on hweorfendum sigum bellum ancipiti statu gestum, 3, 5; S. 106, 3. Add Oft ðone geðyldegestan

sigor

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Tó þon ꝥ hé synderlíce sigor hæfde betwyh þám óþrum hellegástum quatenus ruinae illius singularem inter ceteros palmam teneret, Gr. D. 189, 25. See next word. Add

síman

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Sýmð honustat, Hpt. 31, 15, 398. Add

sinc

Grammar
sinc,
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Se sélesða sinces brytta (sincbrytta, v. l. ) Ælfryd mid Englum, Gr. D. 2, 15. Add

-síne

(suffix)
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síþ

Grammar
síþ, <b>. IV.</b>
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Add Áhwerfedum síþe uersa uice, An. Ox. 592. 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

Grammar
síþ,
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Æt síðestan, Ll. Th. i. 124, 22. Add

síþ

(adv.)
Grammar
síþ, adv.
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The word shows a comparative form without a comparative ending, v. Sievers, § 323

sícan

(v.)
Grammar
sícan, sýcan; p. te

To cause to suck ⬩ to suckle ⬩ give suck

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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