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sín

(n.)
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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

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-

sig

(pronoun.)
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himself Se ðe gebysmreþ sig qui se polluerit, L. Ecg. iv. 68, 16 ; Th. ii. 230, 14. (?)

sio-

(prefix)
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See generally seo-

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

sáre

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Gyf hwá hæfð his hláforde sáre ábolgen, Wlfst. 155, 7. Add

sél

(adv.)
Grammar
sél, adv.
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Add Hé gebæd for hine, and him wæs sóna sǽl (sél, v. l.); and hé hine þá genam oravit, moxque ilium melius habentem tulit, Gr. D. 247, 25. Add Næs him ealles ná þe sél þæs þe hé georne hédde, Hml, S. 23, 638

seó

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Wurdon his eágan yfele gehefegode . . . mid swíðlicum myste, swá ꝥ his seón swýðe þeóstrodon, Hml. S. 31, 588. Add

sib

(n.)
Grammar
sib, sibb; f.
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Add God ús lǽrð sibbe and deófol ús lǽrð unsibbe,Hml. A. 166, 111. Add Fríne hié mon æfter hú monegum wintrum sió sibb gewurde þæs þe hié ǽst unsibbe wið monegum folcum hæfdon, Ors. 4, 7; S. 182, 17. <b>V a.</b> add :-- Æfter þǽm eall þeós

sib

(adj.)
Grammar
sib, sibb; adj.
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síc

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-síd

(suffix)

Similar entry: Íren-síd

-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

slá

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Gyf þé slána lyste, þonne sete þú þínne winstran þúman on þínes litlan fingres lið and pýt mid þínum scytefingre in þíne wynstran hand on þornes getácnunge þe hí on weaxað, Tech. ii. 124, 24. Add

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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sám-

(prefix)
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half-; the prefix denotes imperfection

Linked entry: sǽmra

sáp

(n.)
Grammar
sáp, e; f. (?)

Amber, resin, pomade

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Amber, resin, pomade Sáp, smelting (cf. smulting electrum, 94, 61) succinum vel electrum, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 31. Reádre deáge (in margin,sápe) rubro stibio (the word occurs in a passage treating of dressing the hair, cf. the passage in Pliny describing

Linked entry: sápe