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sár-cwide

  • noun [ masculine ]
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sár-cwide, es; m.
a speech that is intended to give pain, injurious or
affronting speech, reproach, bitter words
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  • Ne gedafenaþ ðé ðæt ðú andsware mid oferhygdum séce sárcwide

    it befits thee not to seek an answer with arrogance and bitter words,

      Andr. Kmbl. 693; An. 320.

  • Synnige ne mihton þurh sárcwide sóð gecýðan,

      1929; An. 967.

  • Ðú ús ásettest on sárcwide úrum neáhmannum

    posuisti nos in contradictionem vicinis nostris,

      Ps. Th. 79, 6.

  • Hé ðæt eal þolaþ, sárcwide secga,

      Exon. Th. 458, 2; Hy. 4, 94, Ic
    worn for ðé hæbbe sídra sorga and sárcwida, hearmes gehýred, and mé hosp sprecaþ, tornworda fela, 11, 14; Cri. 170.
a speech in which grief is expressed, a lament
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  • Ic nyste ǽr ðú ðé self hit mé gerehtest mid ðínum sárcwidum

    I did not know until you yourself told it me with your lamentations,

      Bt. 5, 1; Fox 8, 34.

  • Nú sceal ic siófigende wreccea giómor singan sárcwidas

    flebilis moestos cogor inire modos,

      Met. 2, 4.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “sár-cwide.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/26426.

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