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six

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
six, siex, syx

six

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Ymbsealde sint mid sixum. Elen. Kmbl. 1481; El. 472

Linked entries: syx siex

six

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Se six-and-syxtigeða sealm, R. Ben. 37, 6. with ellipsis of subst. Þǽra diácona wæs se forma Stephanus. . . þá óþre six wǽron . . . Hml.

six-hyrnede

(adj.)
Grammar
six-hyrnede, adj.

Having six corners or angles

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Having six corners or angles Sixhernede sex-angulatum, Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 4

six-hynde

(adj.)
Grammar
six-hynde, adj.
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Of a class whose wergild is six hundred shillings Gif wealh hafaþ fíf hýda hé biþ sixhynde, L. In. 24; Th. i. 118. 10. Be syxhyndum men. Gif hit sié syxhynde mon, [gielde] ǽlc mon . lx. scił ł., L. Alf. pol. 30; Th. i. 80, 11.

six-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
six-feald, adj.

Six-fold

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Six-fold Sixfeald exagonum, sixfealdum leóþcræfte exametro heroico, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 46, 47. Siexfealdre anlícnesse sena paradigmata, 89, 39

six-nihte

(adj.)
Grammar
six-nihte, adj.

Six days old

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Six days old Se ðe biþ ácenned on .vi. nihtne mónan, Lchdm. iii. 160, 23: 178, 6

six-féte

(adj.)
Grammar
six-féte, adj.

Having six feet

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Having six feet (of verse) Ðæt syxféte vers, Anglia viii. 335, 13. Mid getelferse ł sixfétum catalectico versu, Hpt. Gl. 409, 21

six-gilde

(adj.)
Grammar
six-gilde, adj.

Requiring six-fold payment or fine

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Requiring six-fold payment or fine. Diácones feoh .vi. gylde a deacon's property (when stolen) shall be paid for with a sixfold fine, L. Ethb. I; Th. i. 2, 5

six-benn

(n.)
Grammar
six-benn, e; f.

A wound made by a 'seax'

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A wound made by a 'seax' Ealdorgewinna (the fire-drake) siexbennum seóc (cf. cyning wælseaxe gebrǽd . . . forwrát Wedra helm wyrm on middan, 5400; B. 2703), Beo. Th. 5800; B. 2904

Linked entry: seax-ben

six-ecge

(adj.)
Grammar
six-ecge, adj.

Hexagonal

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Hexagonal Sixecge exagonum, Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 3. Sixecge bere exaticum, ii. 144, 58

sí

(v.)

be

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Gyf ðú Godes sunu sý (sig, MS. A.: siǽ, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 4, 3. Sib sý (sig, MS. A.) eów, Lk. Skt. 24, 36. Ðæt gé ne sín (sié, Lind.) ymbhýdige, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 25. Sín (sién, Hatt. MS.) hira eágan áþístrode. Past. 1; Swt. 28, 9.

síc

(n.)
Grammar
síc, es; n.: but síce, es; m. seems also to occur.

A sike

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Of ðæm beorge on ðæt síc; ondlong síces ofer ðone bróc, 38, 28: 35, 7. In wǽtan síce; of ðæm wǽtan síce in ða bakas, 382, 7: 386, 11. In ðæt wǽte sícc; of ðam síce, 386, 16. On ðæt eástre síc, 438, 28. In ðæt síc, 31, 12

sib

(n.)
Grammar
sib, sibb, e; f.

relationship ⬩ friendliness ⬩ kindness ⬩ the opposite of hostility ⬩ peace ⬩ the opposite of war ⬩ peace ⬩ concord ⬩ unity ⬩ absence of dissension or variance ⬩ peace ⬩ freedom from disturbance or molestation ⬩ tranquillity ⬩ the peace of a country ⬩ theking's peace ⬩ peace of mind ⬩ freedom from agitation, fear

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Ongeán ðæt sint tó manienne ða ðe ða sibbe sáwaþ ðæt hié swá micel weorc tó unwærlíce ne dón and húru ðǽr ðǽr hié nyton hwæðer sió sibb (sib, Cote.

Linked entry: syb

sig

(pronoun.)

himself

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

síd

(adj.)
Grammar
síd, adj.

wide ⬩ broad ⬩ spacious ⬩ ample ⬩ extensive ⬩ far-reaching ⬩ large ⬩ capacious ⬩ ample ⬩ spacious ⬩ large ⬩ long ⬩ hanging ⬩ of ample length

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Síde worude (? worulde, MS.), Cd. Th. 118, 11; Gen. 1963. Ofer síd weorod, Elen. Kmbl. 316; El. 158. Síde þeóde, Ps. Th. 117, 10. Síde hergas, Cd. Th. 194, 14; Exod. 260: Andr.

Linked entries: síd-feax síd-folc

sib

(adj.)
Grammar
sib, sibb, adj.

Sib ⬩ related ⬩ one related ⬩ a relation

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Icel. sifi a relation by marriage, guð-sifi a god-sib: O. L. Ger. sibbeo: O. H. Ger. sibbo consanguineus) Ne biþ ná gelíc ðæt man wið swustor gehǽme and hit wǽre feor sibb (or ? feorsibb; cf. neáh-sibb), L. C. S. 52; Th. i. 404, 28.

sín

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

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.

Linked entries: seón sién sýn

sin-

(prefix)
Grammar
sin-, (sine-, seonu-, v. cpds.).
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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

Linked entry: syn-

sib

(n.)
Grammar
sib, sibb; f.
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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.

sib

(adj.)
Grammar
sib, sibb; adj.
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