Old English Dictionary Entry

Sib-sum

Part of speech: , Related words: ge-sibsum. sib-sum

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1 sib-sum

adj. Peaceable, pacific, friendly:-- Sibsum pacificus, Rtl. 39, 9. Eálá ðú sóða and ðú sibsuma, Crist ælmihtig. Exon. Th. 14, 5; Cri. 214. Ða Gotan lustlíce sibbsummes friðes æt eów biddende sindon the Goths willingly ask for a friendly peace at your hands; Gothi societatem Romani foederis precibus sperant, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 48, 22. Sibsume l friðgeorne (l friðsume, Rush.) pacifici, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 9. [O. H. Ger. sippi-sam pacificus.]

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Runic Inscription

ᛋᛁᛒ-ᛋᚢᛗ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Cri.: Christ (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Exon.: Exeter Book
Mt.: Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)
Ors.: Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Swt.: Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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