--2) _to be in a
certain state_ or _condition_ (_quasi_ copula): pret.
certain state_ or _condition_ (_quasi_ copula): pret.
Beowulf
, _blest with victory, victorious_: acc.
sg.
neut.
sige-ēadig bil, 1558.
sige-folc, st. n. , _victorious people, troop_: gen. pl. sige-folca, 645.
sige-hrēð, st. f. , _confidence of victory_(? ): acc. sg. , 490. See Note.
sige-hrēðig, adj. , _victorious_: nom. sg. , 94, 1598, 2757.
sige-hwīl, st. f. , _hour_ or _day of victory_: gen. sg. sige-hwīle, 2711.
sige-lēas, adj. , _devoid of victory, defeated_: acc. sg. sige-lēasne sang,
788.
sige-rōf, adj. , _victorious_: nom. sg. , 620.
sige-þēod, st. f. , _victorious warrior troop_: dat. sg. on sige-þēode,
2205.
sige-wǣpen, st. n. , _victor-weapon, sword_: dat. pl. sige-wǣpnum, 805.
sigl, st. n. : 1) _sun_: nom. sg. sigel, 1967. --2) _sun-shaped ornament_:
acc. pl. siglu, 3165; sigle (bracteates of a necklace), 1201; gen. pl.
sigla, 1158. --Comp. māððum-sigl.
sigor, st. m. , _victory_: gen. sg. sigores, 1022; gen. pl. sigora, 2876,
3056. --Comp. : hrēð-, wīg-sigor.
sigor-ēadig, adj. , _victorious_: nom. sg. sigor-ēadig secg (of Bēowulf),
1312, 2353.
sin. See syn.
sinc, st. n. , _treasure, jewel, property_: nom. sg. , 2765; acc. sg. sinc,
81, 1205, 1486, 2384, 2432; instr. sg. since, 1039, 1451, 1616, 1883, 2218,
2747; gen. sg. sinces, 608, 1171, 1923, 2072; gen. pl. sinca, 2429.
sinc-fāh, adj. , _treasure-decked_: acc. sg. neut. weak form, sinc-fāge sel,
167.
sinc-fæt, st. n. , _costly vessel_: acc. sg. , 2232, 2301;--_a costly
object_: acc. sg. , 1201 (i. e. mene); acc. pl. sinc-fato, 623.
sinc-ge-strēon, st. n. , _precious treasure, jewel of value _: instr. pl.
-gestrēonum, 1093; gen. pl. -gestrēona, 1227.
sinc-gifa, w. m. , _jewel-giver, treasure-giver = prince, ruler_: acc. sg.
sinc-gyfan, 1013; dat. sg. sinc-gifan (of Bēowulf), 2312; (of Æschere),
1343.
sinc-māððum, st. m. , _treasure_: nom. sg. , 2194.
sinc-þego, f. , _acceptance, taking, of jewels_: nom. sg. , 2885.
sin-dolh, st. n. , _perpetual_, i. e. incurable, _wound_: nom. sg. syn-dolh,
818.
sin-frēa, w. m. , _wedded lord, husband_: nom. sg. , 1935.
sin-gāl, adj. , _continual, lasting_: acc. sg. fem, sin-gāle sæce, 154.
sin-gāles, adv. gen. sg. , _continually, ever_, 1778; syngales, 1136.
singāla, adv. gen. pl. , the same, 190.
singan, st. v. , _to sound, ring, sing_: pret. sg. hring-īren scīr song in
searwum (_the ringed iron rang in the armor_), 323; horn stundum song
fūs-līc f[yrd]-lēoð (_at times the horn rang forth a ready battle-song_),
1424; scop hwīlum sang (_the singer sang at whiles_), 496.
ā-singan, _to sing out, sing to an end_: pret. part. lēoð wæs ā-sungen,
1160.
sin-here, st. m. , (_army without end_? ), _strong army, host_: instr. sg.
sin-herge, 2937.
sin-niht, st. f. , _perpetual night, night after night_: acc. pl. sin-nihte
(_night after night_), 161.
sin-sceaða, w. m. , _irreconcilable foe_: nom. sg. syn-scaða, 708; acc. sg.
syn-scaðan, 802.
sin-snǣd, st. f. , (_continuous biting_) _bite after bite_: dat. pl.
syn-snǣdum swealh (_swallowed bite after bite, in great bites_), 744.
sittan, st. v. : 1) _to sit_: pres. sg. Wīglāf siteð ofer Bīowulfe, 2907;
imper. sg. site nū tō symle, 489; inf. þǣr swið-ferhðe sittan ēodon
(_whither the strong-minded went and sat_), 493; ēode . . . tō hire frēan
sittan (_went to sit by her lord_), 642; pret. sg. on wicge sæt (_sat on
the horse_), 286; æt fōtum sæt (_sat at the feet_), 500, 1167; þǣr Hrōðgār
sæt (_where H. sat_), 356; so, 1191, 2895; hē gewērgad sæt . . . frēan eaxlum
nēah, 2854; pret. pl. sǣton, 1165; gistas sētan (MS. sēcan) . . . and on mere
staredon (_the strangers sat and stared on the sea_), 1603.
--2) _to be in a
certain state_ or _condition_ (_quasi_ copula): pret. sg. mǣre þēoden . . .
unblīðe sæt, 130. --Comp. : flet-, heal-sittend.
be-sittan, obsidere, _to surround, besiege_, w. acc. : besæt þā sin-herge
sweorda lāfe wundum wērge (_then besieged he with a host the leavings of
the sword, wound-weary_), 2937.
for-sittan, obstrui, _to pass away, fail_: pres. sg. ēagena bearhtm
for-siteð (_the light of the eyes passeth away_), 1768.
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.
sige-ēadig bil, 1558.
sige-folc, st. n. , _victorious people, troop_: gen. pl. sige-folca, 645.
sige-hrēð, st. f. , _confidence of victory_(? ): acc. sg. , 490. See Note.
sige-hrēðig, adj. , _victorious_: nom. sg. , 94, 1598, 2757.
sige-hwīl, st. f. , _hour_ or _day of victory_: gen. sg. sige-hwīle, 2711.
sige-lēas, adj. , _devoid of victory, defeated_: acc. sg. sige-lēasne sang,
788.
sige-rōf, adj. , _victorious_: nom. sg. , 620.
sige-þēod, st. f. , _victorious warrior troop_: dat. sg. on sige-þēode,
2205.
sige-wǣpen, st. n. , _victor-weapon, sword_: dat. pl. sige-wǣpnum, 805.
sigl, st. n. : 1) _sun_: nom. sg. sigel, 1967. --2) _sun-shaped ornament_:
acc. pl. siglu, 3165; sigle (bracteates of a necklace), 1201; gen. pl.
sigla, 1158. --Comp. māððum-sigl.
sigor, st. m. , _victory_: gen. sg. sigores, 1022; gen. pl. sigora, 2876,
3056. --Comp. : hrēð-, wīg-sigor.
sigor-ēadig, adj. , _victorious_: nom. sg. sigor-ēadig secg (of Bēowulf),
1312, 2353.
sin. See syn.
sinc, st. n. , _treasure, jewel, property_: nom. sg. , 2765; acc. sg. sinc,
81, 1205, 1486, 2384, 2432; instr. sg. since, 1039, 1451, 1616, 1883, 2218,
2747; gen. sg. sinces, 608, 1171, 1923, 2072; gen. pl. sinca, 2429.
sinc-fāh, adj. , _treasure-decked_: acc. sg. neut. weak form, sinc-fāge sel,
167.
sinc-fæt, st. n. , _costly vessel_: acc. sg. , 2232, 2301;--_a costly
object_: acc. sg. , 1201 (i. e. mene); acc. pl. sinc-fato, 623.
sinc-ge-strēon, st. n. , _precious treasure, jewel of value _: instr. pl.
-gestrēonum, 1093; gen. pl. -gestrēona, 1227.
sinc-gifa, w. m. , _jewel-giver, treasure-giver = prince, ruler_: acc. sg.
sinc-gyfan, 1013; dat. sg. sinc-gifan (of Bēowulf), 2312; (of Æschere),
1343.
sinc-māððum, st. m. , _treasure_: nom. sg. , 2194.
sinc-þego, f. , _acceptance, taking, of jewels_: nom. sg. , 2885.
sin-dolh, st. n. , _perpetual_, i. e. incurable, _wound_: nom. sg. syn-dolh,
818.
sin-frēa, w. m. , _wedded lord, husband_: nom. sg. , 1935.
sin-gāl, adj. , _continual, lasting_: acc. sg. fem, sin-gāle sæce, 154.
sin-gāles, adv. gen. sg. , _continually, ever_, 1778; syngales, 1136.
singāla, adv. gen. pl. , the same, 190.
singan, st. v. , _to sound, ring, sing_: pret. sg. hring-īren scīr song in
searwum (_the ringed iron rang in the armor_), 323; horn stundum song
fūs-līc f[yrd]-lēoð (_at times the horn rang forth a ready battle-song_),
1424; scop hwīlum sang (_the singer sang at whiles_), 496.
ā-singan, _to sing out, sing to an end_: pret. part. lēoð wæs ā-sungen,
1160.
sin-here, st. m. , (_army without end_? ), _strong army, host_: instr. sg.
sin-herge, 2937.
sin-niht, st. f. , _perpetual night, night after night_: acc. pl. sin-nihte
(_night after night_), 161.
sin-sceaða, w. m. , _irreconcilable foe_: nom. sg. syn-scaða, 708; acc. sg.
syn-scaðan, 802.
sin-snǣd, st. f. , (_continuous biting_) _bite after bite_: dat. pl.
syn-snǣdum swealh (_swallowed bite after bite, in great bites_), 744.
sittan, st. v. : 1) _to sit_: pres. sg. Wīglāf siteð ofer Bīowulfe, 2907;
imper. sg. site nū tō symle, 489; inf. þǣr swið-ferhðe sittan ēodon
(_whither the strong-minded went and sat_), 493; ēode . . . tō hire frēan
sittan (_went to sit by her lord_), 642; pret. sg. on wicge sæt (_sat on
the horse_), 286; æt fōtum sæt (_sat at the feet_), 500, 1167; þǣr Hrōðgār
sæt (_where H. sat_), 356; so, 1191, 2895; hē gewērgad sæt . . . frēan eaxlum
nēah, 2854; pret. pl. sǣton, 1165; gistas sētan (MS. sēcan) . . . and on mere
staredon (_the strangers sat and stared on the sea_), 1603.
--2) _to be in a
certain state_ or _condition_ (_quasi_ copula): pret. sg. mǣre þēoden . . .
unblīðe sæt, 130. --Comp. : flet-, heal-sittend.
be-sittan, obsidere, _to surround, besiege_, w. acc. : besæt þā sin-herge
sweorda lāfe wundum wērge (_then besieged he with a host the leavings of
the sword, wound-weary_), 2937.
for-sittan, obstrui, _to pass away, fail_: pres. sg. ēagena bearhtm
for-siteð (_the light of the eyes passeth away_), 1768.
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.
