Sirwan. ii

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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sirwan. II

dele last passage, and add: (α) to devise a plan :-- Serwi(ende) molientes (aliud argumenti genus), An. Ox. 2939. (β) to lie in wait for, to ambush :-- Hér seó ungeþwǽrnes þá mægnu syrwde and gehæfte discordia virtutibus insidiatur et capitur, Prud. 78a. (1 a) with infin. (?) :-- Syrewiaþ moliuntur, i.cogitant (ingruere), An. Ox. 889. Lí ccitan sirewede insimulare machinaretur, i. moliretur, 2946. Heó serewede moliretur (evertere), 3446. (3 b) add :-- Hé wæs mid hlóþum on hí hergende, and onbútan sierwende, Ors. 3, 7; S. 118, 19. (3 c) add :-- Þá Iúdéiscan þe syrwdon be Críste, Hml. S. 27, 177. (3 cα) to plot about a matter :-- Antigones and Perðica gebeótertan þæt hié woldon him betweónum gefeohtan, and longe ymb þæt siredon hwǽr hié hié gemétan wolden, Ors. 3, 11; S. 144, 35.

Related words: á- (?), ymb-sirwan. sirwan