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súsl

  • noun [ feminineneuter ]
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Grammar
súsl, es; n.: e; f.
Torment,
where the word is certainly neuter
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  • Se seáð ðæs sing[alan] súsles,

      Nar. 50, 23.
  • Súsles þegnum,

      Exon. Th. 275, 30: Jul. 558: 304, 18; Fä. 72.
  • Hié ðæt súsl þrowiende wǽron,

      Ors. 1, 12; Swt. 54, 26.
  • In ðæt swearte súsl (

    hell

    ),
      Exon. Th. 142, 4; Gú. 639.
  • Ða ungeendodan súslo ðú byst þrowigende,

      Nicod. 29; Thw. 17, 12.
  • Helle súslu

    inferni supplicia,

      Scint. 27, 8.
where the word is feminine
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  • Ðeós hellíce súsl

    hic tartarus,

      Ælfc. Gr. 13; Zup. 86, 4.
  • Fram ðam écan hungre helle súsle,

      Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 3, 26.
  • Geférlǽhte on ánre súsle,

      Homl. Th. i. 132, 20.
  • Faraþ hig on éce súsle, and ða rihtwísan on ðæt éce líf

    ibúnt hi in supplicium aeternum, justi autem in vitam aeternam,

      Mt. Kmbl. 25, 46.
  • Hú hé synfullum súsle gefremme,

      Wulfst. 138, 9: Dóm. L. 153.
where the gender is uncertain
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  • Ðé is súsl weotod,

      Cd. Th. 308, 14; Sat. 692: 257, 8; Dan. 654.
  • Satan on súsle (

    dat. or acc. )

    gefeól,
      309, 20; Sat. 712.
  • Súsle geinnod,

      3, 28; Gen. 42.
  • Swingan, súsle þreágan,

      Exon. Th. 251, 9; Jul. 142.
  • Súsl þrowian,

      Cd. Th. 5, 22; Gen. 75: 255, 9; Dan. 621.
  • Súsel,

      267, 21; Sat. 41.
  • Hafastú máre súsel,

      268, 33; Sat. 64.
  • In súsla grund,

      Elen. Kmbl. 1885; El. 944: Exon. Th. 98, 8; Crl. 1604.
  • On hwilcum súslum hé móste écelíce cwylmian,

      Homl. Th. i. 86, 2.
  • Súslum beþrungen,

      Elen. Kmbl. 1896; El. 950: Exon. Th. 10, 8; Cri. 149.
Etymology
[Grein compares the word with Icelandic forms, sýsl, sýsla business, sýsl painstaking, sýsla to do business, sýsliga busily.]
Similar entries
v. cwic-súsl; seóslig.
Linked entries
v.  helle-súsl.
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