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for-sión

(v.)

to despise

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to despise. Past. 32, 1; Hat. MS. 39 b, 27

be-sión

(v.)

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

(n.)
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an-sión, e; f.

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

(v.)

to seebeholdvidere

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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

sién

(v.)
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be) (

sién

(n.)
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vision) (

sín

(n.)
Grammar
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.

Linked entries: seón sién sýn

sín

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
sín, possess, pron.
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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

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-

sio-

(prefix)
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See generally seo-

-sín

(suffix)

Similar entry: on-sín

sió-

(prefix)
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See generally seó-

sió

(v.)
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be) (

sín

Grammar
sín, be.

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sín

Grammar
sín, sight.
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Add: a sight, spectacle

sín

Grammar
sín, his.
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Æteúwdæ se Hǽlend sínum ambehtum, Jn. L. 21, 14. Add

be-seón

(v.)
Grammar
be-seón, -sión, bi-seón; ic -seó, ðú -sihst, he -sihþ, -syhþ, pl. -seóþ; p. ic, he -seah, ðú -sáwe, pl. -sáwon; impert. -sih; pp. -sewen; [be by, near, about; seón to see]

to look about or aroundcircumspicereto see, look, beholdvidere, aspicereto go to see, visitvisere, visitare

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to look about or around; circumspicere Sóna ðá hí besáwon hí, nánne hí mid him ne gesáwon suddenly when they looked about them, they saw no one with him, Mk. Bos. 9, 8. Ðá he beseah, ðá geseah he olfendas when he looked about, then he saw the camels,

sícan

(v.)
Grammar
sícan, to sigh.
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Add: [v. N. E. D. siche, sike]

ellen-sióc

(adj.)
Grammar
ellen-sióc, adj. [sióc = seóc sick, diseased, infirm, languid]

Infirm or languid from want of strength invălĭdus, dēbĭlis

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Infirm or languid from want of strength; invălĭdus, dēbĭlis Hwæðer he cwicne gemétte in ðam wongstede Wedra þeóden ellensiócne whether he should find the languid prince of the Goths alive on the field, Beo. Th. 5567; B. 2787

sibi

Similar entry: sife