Ge-sylhþ
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-sylhþ
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- ge-sylhþ
- a plough. Substitute: a team (of oxen) for a plough :-- Ágife hé ꝥ land þám hlréde mid swá myclum swá se híréd him on hand sette; ꝥ synd . xii. þeówe men, and .II. gesylhðe oxan, and .I. bund sceápa. Cht. Th. 435, 6. [Cf. Hé geann án sylhðe oxna, Cht. Crw. 23, 4. Here (unless ánre might be read for án?) sylhðe seems to be neuter (an iþja-stem, and to be similar in form and meaning to M. H. Ger. pfluogide a pair of plough-oxen : but gesylhðe above with plural in e seems to be feminine: oxan seems to be an instance of a gen. pl. in an instead of(e)na.] ge-sylhþ,ge-sylhð