for-sión
to despise
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to despise. Past. 32, 1; Hat. MS. 39 b, 27
be-sión
to look about
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to look about Ðæt he hine ne besió that he look not about him Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 17
an-sión
a sight
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a sight Ne aweorp ðú me fram ansióne ealra ðinra. miltsa cast me not away from the sight of all thy mercies. Ps. C. 50, 95; Ps. Grn. ii. 279, 95
ge-sión
to see ⬩ behold ⬩ videre
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to see, behold; videre Wénaþ ða dysgan ðæt ǽlc mon síe blind swá hí sint; and ðæt nán mon ne mǽge seón [gesión, note] ðæt hí gesión ne mágon the foolish think that every man is blind as they are; and that no man is able to see what they cannot see, Bt
seó
The pupil ⬩ apple of the eye
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Sión, Kent. Gl. 177. Swylce hé hreppe ða seó mínes eágan, Homl. Th. i. 390, 15: 516, 23. Seón pupillae Wrt. Voc. i. 65, 8. Seóna pupillarum Hpt. Gl. 404, 28. Sión pupillis. Lchdm. i. lxx, 6. Seóum, lxxiv, 7
sidu
a custom ⬩ use ⬩ manner ⬩ habit ⬩ practice ⬩ a religious practice ⬩ a rite ⬩ good conduct ⬩ morality ⬩ modesty
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Gif hé þurh cúscne siodo lǽst mína lára if by modest conduct he carry out my instructions, Cd. Th. 39, 2; Gen. 618
sind
are
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Siont, Kent. Gl. 232. Synt (synd, M. A.) Mt. Kmbl. 6, 26, 28: Cd. Th. 114, 14; Gen. 1904. Sindon, Bt. 42; Fox 256, 10, 14. Sindan, 5, 3; Fox 14, 19: Met. 20, 149. Seondon, Cd. Th. 271, 12; Sat. 104: 309, 13; Sat. 709. Seondan (siendon, Cott.
sín
power of seeing ⬩ sight ⬩ vision ⬩ the instrument of sight ⬩ the eye
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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.
sín
His ⬩ her ⬩ its ⬩ their ⬩ suus
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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
sígan
to pass from a higher to a lower position ⬩ to sink ⬩ descend ⬩ decline ⬩ fall down ⬩ to sink as the sun to its setting ⬩ to move towards a point ⬩ of the movement of time ⬩ to ooze ⬩ run as matter ⬩ to strain ⬩ filter ⬩ act as a filter
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Sió æþele gesceaft (the sun) sáh tó setle, Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 17. [The sunne arist anes a dai and eft sigeð, O. E.
síde
a side ⬩ flank ⬩ side of a house, ship ⬩ marking direction on this or thatside ⬩ side
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a side, flank, of living things Síde latus, Wrt,Voc. i. 44, 24: ii. 51, 72: lumbus, 113, 29. Wið ðære swíðran sídan sáre and ðære winestran, Lchdm. ii. 6, 3. On sídan lama pleuriticus, Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 31. Hé Hǽlend genom be sídan, Cd. Th. 299, 5; Sat
síma
A cord ⬩ rope
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A cord, rope Satan læg símon gesǽled (cf. Icel. sím-bundinn), Cd. Th. 47, 23; Gen. 765
síde
Silk
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Silk Sídan sericum, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 7
sin-
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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. O. H. Ger. sin-vluot the deluge
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sién
(be)
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(be)
sind
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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
sién
vision
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(vision)
sife
A sieve
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A sieve Sibi crebrum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 41. Sife crebrum, cribellum, 136, 62: cribrum, i. 34, 41: cribra vel cribellum, 83, 20. Lytel sife cribellum, 34, 42. Ásift smale þurh smæl sife sift fine through a fine sieve, Lchdm. ii. 94, 2: 72, 28. Man sceal
síde
Widely ⬩ extensively ⬩ amply ⬩ far and wide
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Widely, extensively, amply Síde prolixius, Hpt. Gl. 526, 60. The word generally occurs along with wíde, far and wide Síde and wíde longe lateque, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 59: Cd. Th. 8, 3; Gen. 118: El. 554; El. 277. Hé Godes lof rǽrde wíde and síde, Chr.
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