Old English Dictionary Entry

Dryht-sib

Part of speech: -sibb, e;

Definitions

1 definitions

1 dryht-sib

f. [sib peace, kinship] Peace between two nations, lordly kinship; pax vel amīcĭtia inter duas gentes :-- Ic Heaðobeardna ne talige dryhtsibbe dǽl Denum unfǽcne I esteem not part of the Heathobeards' lordly kinship to the Danes guileless, Beo. Th. 4142; B. 2068. dryht-sib

Similar Words

-dállic
-deáded
-deáw
-défedlic, -défness
-démedness

Runic Inscription

ᛞᚱᚣᚻᛏ-ᛋᛁᛒ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Beo.: Beowulf
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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