Old English Dictionary Entry

Seowian

Part of speech: seówan, siwian; Related words: á- , be-seowian (-siwian) , ge-seówan, ge-siwed. seowian

Definitions

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1 seowian

p. ode; pp. od, ed. id To sew:-- Sióuu sarcio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 52. Ic siwige sarcio, Ælfc. Gr. 30, 2 ; Zup. 190, 6. Ic sywige (siwige, MS. R.), 28, 3; Zup. 167, 6. Heó siwaþ (seowaþ, MS. U.) illa suit, 15; Zup. 97, 6. Siwaþ (siuieþ, Lind.: siowes, Rush.) assuit, Mk. Skt. 2, 21. Sum sútere siwode (seowode, MS. C.) ðæs hálgan weres sceós, Homl. Skt. i. 15, 23. Hig siwodon ficleáf and worhton him wǽdbréc. Gen. 3, 7. Seowa mid seolce fæste, Lchdm. ii. 56, 7. Wǽda sioloce siowian. Met. 8, 24. Byrne, searonet seowed smiþes orþancum, Beo. Th. 816; B. 406. Golde siowode segmentata, Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 49. [Goth. siujan: O. Frs. sia : O. H. Ger. siuwan : Icel. sýja: Lat. suere.]

Similar Words

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛇᚹᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Ger.: German
Icel.: Icelandic
Lat.: Latin
O. Frs.: Old Frisian
O. H. Ger.: Old High German

Works & Authors

Beo.: Beowulf
C.: Corpus Christi College MS
Gen.: Genesis (OE poem)
Gr.: Ælfric's Grammar
Met.: Metres of Boethius (OE poem)
Mk.: Gospel of St. Mark (OE translation)
R.: Riddles (Exeter Book)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Voc.: Vocabulary
Wrt.: Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
Ælfc.: Ælfric

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