Sice

Old English Dictionary Entry

Sice

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

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1 sice

m. A sigh, groan; gemitus :-- Ic mé on Godes helde bebeode wiðð ðane sára[n] sice, wið ðane sára[n] slege, wið ðane grymma[n] gryre an wiþ eal ðæt láð ðe intó land fare, Lchdm. i. 388, 12. [He weorp a sic a with þat sare were iwundet, Jul. 21, 12. He ne fecheð noht þe sore siches on neðerward his heorte, O. E. Homl. Ii. 83, 26. Mid seoruhfule sikes, A. R. 284, 3. Ðor sat his moder in sik and sor, Gen. and Ex. 1239. With a sik she seyde, Tr. and Cr. 3, 207. Amang his sobbes and his sikes sore, 4, 50.] sice

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ᛋᛁᚳᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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