slǣpendne rinc (_seized a
sleeping
warrior]_, 742; acc.
Beowulf
ge-sittan: 1) _to sit, sit together_: pret. sg. monig-oft ge-sæt rīce to
rūne (_very often sat the king deliberating with his council_ (see rīce),
171; wið earm ge-sæt (_supported himself upon his arm, sat on his arm_? ),
750; fēða eal ge-sæt (_the whole troop sat down_), 1425; ge-sæt þā wið
sylfne (_sat there beside, near to, him_, i. e. Hygelāc), 1978;
ge-sæt þā on næsse, 2418; so, 2718; pret. part. (syððan) . . . wē tō symble
ge-seten hæfdon, 2105. --2) w. acc. , _to seat one's self upon_ or _in
something, to board_: pret. sg. þā ic . . . sǣ-bāt ge-sæt, 634.
of-sittan, w. acc. , _to sit over_ or _upon_: pret. sg. of-sæt þā þone
sele-gyst, 1546.
ofer-sittan, w. acc. , _to dispense with, refrain from_ (cf. ofer, 2 [c]):
pres. sg. I. þæt ic wið þone gūð-flogan gylp ofer-sitte, 2529; inf. secge
ofer-sittan, 685.
on-sittan (O. H. G. int-sizzan, _to start from one's seat, to be startled_),
w. acc. , _to fear_: inf. þā fǣhðe, atole ecg-þræce ēower lēode sīwðe
onsittan _to dread the hostility, the fierce contest, of your people_, 598.
ymb-sittan, _to sit around_, w. acc. : pret. pl. (þæt hīe) . . . symbel
ymb-sǣton (_sat round the feast_), 564. See ymb-sittend.
sīd, adj. : 1) _wide, broad, spacious, large_: nom. sg. (here-byrne, glōf)
sīd, 1445, 2087; acc. sg. m. sīdne scyld, 437; on sīdne sǣ, 507; fem.
byrnan sīde (of a corselet extending over the legs), 1292; ofer sǣ sīde,
2395; neut. sīde rīce, 1734, 2200; instr. sg. sīdan herge, 2348; acc. pl.
sīde sǣ-næssas, 223; sīde scyldas, 325; gen. pl. sīdra sorga (_of great
sorrows_), 149. --2) in moral sense, _great, noble_: acc. sg. þurh sīdne
sefan, 1727.
side, adv. , _far and wide, afar_, 1224.
sīd-fæðme, adj. , _broad-bosomed_: acc. sg. sīd-fæðme scip, 1918.
sīd-fæðmed, _quasi_ pret. part. , the same: nom. sg. sīd-fæðmed scip, 302.
sīd-rand, st. m. , _broad shield_: nom. sg. , 1290.
sīð (G. seþu-s), adj. , _late_: superl. nom. sg. sīðast sige-hwīle (_the
last hour, day, of victory_), 2711; dat. sg. æt sīðestan (_in the end, at
last_), 3014.
sīð, adv. compar. , _later_: ǣr and sīð (_sooner and later, early and
late_), 2501.
sīð (G. sinþ-s), st. m. : l) _road, way, journey, expedition_; esp. , _road
to battle_: nom. sg. , 501, 3059, 3090; næs þæt ēðe sīð (_that was no easy
road, task_), 2587; so, þæt wæs gēocor sīð, 766; acc. sg. sīð, 353, 512,
909, 1279, 1430, 1967; instr. dat. sīðe, 532, 1952, 1994; gen. sg. sīðes,
579, 1476, 1795, 1909. Also, _return_: nom. sg. , 1972. --2) _undertaking,
enterprise_; esp. , _battle-work_: nom. sg. nis þæt ēower sīð, 2533; ne bið
swylc earges sīð (_such is no coward's enterprise_), 2542; acc. sg. sīð,
873. In pl. = _adventures_: nom. sīðas, 1987; acc. sīðas, 878; gen. sīða,
318. --3) time (as iterative): nom. sg. næs þæt forma sīð (_that was not the
first time_), 717, 1464; so, 1528, 2626; acc. sg. oftor micle þonne on ǣnne
sīð, 1580; instr. sg. (forman, ōðre, þriddan) sīðe, 741, 1204, 2050, 2287,
2512, 2518, 2671, 2689, 3102. --Comp. : cear-, eft-, ellor-, gryre-, sǣ-,
wil-, wrǣc-sīð.
ge-sīð, st. m. , _comrade, follower_: gen. sg. ge-sīðes, 1298; nom. pl.
ge-sīðas, 29; acc. pl. ge-sīðas, 2041, 2519; dat. pl. ge-sīðum, 1314, 1925,
2633; gen. pl. ge-sīða, 1935. --Comp. : eald-, wil-gesīð.
sīð-fæt, st. m. , _way, journey_: acc. sg. þone sīð-fæt, 202; dat. sg.
sīð-fate, 2640.
sīð-fram, -from, adj. , _ready for the journey_: nom. pl. sīð-frome, 1814.
sīðian, w. v. , _to journey, march_: inf. , 721, 809; pret. sg. sīðode, 2120.
for-sīðian, _iter fatale inire_ (Grein): pret. sg. hæfde þā for-sīðod sunu
Ecg-þēowes under gynne grund _(would have found his death_, etc. ), 1551.
sīe, sȳ. See wesan.
sīgan, st. v. , _to descend, sink, incline_: pret. pl. sigon æt-somne
(_descended together_), 307; sigon þā tō slǣpe _(they sank to sleep_),
1252.
ge-sīgan, _to sink, fall_: inf. ge-sīgan æt sæcce (_fall in battle_), 2660.
sīn, poss. pron. , _his_: acc. sg. m. sīnne, 1961, 1985, 2284, 2790; dat.
sg. sīnum, 1508.
slǣp, st. m. , _sleep_: nom. sg. , 1743; dat. sg. tō slǣpe, 1252.
slǣpan, st. v. , _to sleep_: pres. part. nom. sg. slǣpende, 2220; acc. sg.
hē gefēng . . .
slǣpendne rinc (_seized a sleeping warrior]_, 742; acc. pl.
slǣpende fræt folces Denigea fīftȳne men _(devoured, sleeping, fifteen of
the people of the Danes_), 1582.
slēac, adj. , _slack, lazy_: nom. sg. , 2188.
sleahan, slēan: 1) _to strike, strike at_: a) intrans. : pres. subj. sg. þæt
hē mē ongēan slēa (_that he should strike at me_), 682; pret. sg. yrringa
slōh (_struck angrily_), 1566; so, slōh hilde-bille, 2680. b) trans. : pret.
sg. þæt hē þone nīð-gæst nioðor hwēne slōh _(that he struck the dragon
somewhat lower_, etc. ), 2700. --2) w. acc. : _to slay, kill_: pret. sg. þæs
þe hē Ābel slōg (_because he slew A. _), 108; so, slōg, 421, 2180; slōh,
1582, 2356; pl. slōgon, 2051; pret. part. þā wæs Fin slægen, 1153.
ge-slēan, w. acc. : 1) _to fight a battle_: pret. sg. ge-slōh þīn fæder
fǣhðe mǣste, 459. --2) _to gain by fighting_: syððan hīe þā mǣrða ge-slōgon,
2997.
of-slēan, _to ofslay, kill_, w. acc. : pret. sg. of-slōh, 574, 1666, 3061.
slīðe (G. sleiþ-s), adj. , _savage, fierce, dangerous_: acc. sg. þurh slīðne
nīð, 184; gen. pl. slīðra ge-slyhta, 2399.
slīðen, adj. , _furious, savage, deadly_ nom. sg. sweord-bealo slīðen, 1148.
slītan, st. v. , _to slit, tear to pieces_, w. acc. : pret. sg. slāt
(slǣpendne rinc), 742.
slyht, st. m. , _blow_: in comp. and-slyht.
ge-slyht, st. n. (collective), _battle, conflict_: gen. pl. slīðra
ge-slyhta, 2399.
smið, st. m. , _smith, armorer_: nom. sg. wǣpna smið, 1453; gen. sg. smiðes,
406. --Comp. wundor-smið.
be-smiðian, w. v. , _to surround with iron-work, bands_, etc. : pret. part.
hē (the hall Heorot) þæs fæste wæs innan and ūtan īren-bendum searo-þoncum
besmiðod (i. e. the beams out of which the hall was built were held together
skilfully, within and without, by iron clamps), 776.
snell, adj. , _fresh, vigorous, lively; of martial temper_: nom. sg. se
snella, 2972.
snellīc, adj. , the same: nom. sg. , 691.
snotor, snottor, adj. , _clever, wise, intelligent_: nom. sg. snotor, 190,
827, 909, 1385; in weak form, (se) snottra, 1314, 1476, 1787; snotra, 2157,
3121; nom. pl. snotere, 202, 416; snottre, 1592. --Comp. fore-snotor.
snotor-līce, adv. , _intelligently, wisely_: compar. snotor-līcor, 1483.
snūde, adv. , _hastily, quickly, soon_, 905, 1870, 1972, 2326, 2569, 2753.
be-snyðian, w. v. , _to rob, deprive of_: pret. sg. þætte Ongenþīo ealdre
be-snyðede Hæðcyn, 2925.
snyrian, w. v. , _to hasten, hurry_: pret. pl. snyredon æt-somne (_hurried
forward together_), 402.
snyttru, f. , _intelligence, wisdom_: acc. sg. snyttru, 1727; dat. pl. mid
mōdes snyttrum, 1707; þē wē ealle ǣr ne meahton snyttrum be-syrwan (_a deed
which all of us together could not accomplish before with all our wisdom_),
943. Adv. , _wisely_, 873.
somne. See samne.
sorgian, w. v. : 1) _to be grieved, sorrow_: imper. sg. II. ne sorga!
1385. --2) _to care for, trouble one's self about_: inf. nō þū ymb mīnes ne
þearft līces feorme leng sorgian (_thou needst not care longer about my
life's [body's] sustenance_), 451.
sorh, st. f. , _grief, pain, sorrow_: nom. sg. , 1323; sorh is mē tō secganne
(_pains me to say_), 473; acc. sg. sorge, 119, 2464; dat. instr. sg. mid
þǣre sorge, 2469; sorge (_in sorrow, grieved_), 1150; gen. sg. worna fela
. . . sorge, 2005; dat. pl. sorgum, 2601; gen. pl. sorga, 149. --Comp. : hyge-,
inwit-, þegn-sorh.
sorh-cearig, adj. , _curis sollicitus, heart-broken_: nom. sg. , 2456.
sorh-ful, adj. , _sorrowful, troublesome, difficult_: nom. sg. , 2120; acc.
sg. sorh-fullne (sorh-fulne) sīð, 512, 1279, 1430.
sorh-lēas, adj. , _free from sorrow_ or _grief_: nom. sg. , 1673.
sorh-leoð, st. n. , _dirge, song of sorrow_: acc. sg. , 2461.
sorh-wylm, st. m. , _wave of sorrow_ nom. pl. sorh-wylmas, 905.
sōcn, st. f. , _persecution, hostile pursuit_ or _attack_ (see sēcan): dat,
(instr. ) þǣre sōcne (by reason of Grendel's persecution), 1778.
sōð, st. n. , _sooth, truth_:: acc. sg. sōð, 532, 701, 1050, 1701, 2865;
dat. sg. tō sōðe (_in truth_), 51, 591, 2326.
sōð, adj. , _true, genuine_: nom. sg, þæt is sōð metod, 1612; acc. sg. n.
gyd āwræc sōð and sār-līc, 2110.
sōðe, adv. , _truly, correctly, accurately_, 524; sōðe gebunden (of
alliterative verse: _accurately put together_), 872.
sōð-cyning, st. m. , _true king_: nom. sg.
