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Definition 2024
siþ
siþ
Old English
Adjective
sīþ
Adverb
sīþ
Preposition
sīþ
Conjunction
sīþ
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *sinþaz. Cognate with Old Saxon sīþ, Old High German sind, sint, Old Norse sinn (Icelandic sinni), Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌸𐍃 (sinþs). The root is a variant of the ancestor of sendan.
Noun
sīþ m (nominative plural sīþas)
- journey, movement
- Brim berstende blodegesan hweop sæmanna sið: the bursting ocean had threatened the seamen’s journey with blood-fear. (Junius Exodus)
- time, occasion
- ða wæs forma sið deorum madme þæt his dom alæg: that was the first time for the precious treasure that its renown failed. (Beowulf 1527)
Declension
Declension of siþ (strong a-stem)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sīþ | sīþas |
| accusative | sīþ | sīþas |
| genitive | sīþes | sīþa |
| dative | sīþe | sīþum |