Sydung

Old English Dictionary Entry

Sydung

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: ( Related words: sidu. sydung

Definitions

1 sydung

better sidung, under which form the word should be entered), e; f. A regulation, rule:--Sydung regula, Germ. 398, 217. Cf. Gesidode determinabit, 399, 431: conserit, 469. Gesydod concinna, conveniens, benecomposita, 396, 321. Goth. sidón meditari. O. Sax. gi-sidón sorga to cause sorrow to a person: O. H. Ger. sitón machinari, disponere; gi-sitón instituere, destinare, conglutinare. (See sídung, where perhaps sidung should be read.)

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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