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sýl

  • noun [ feminine ]
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sýl, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§390;
A pillar, column
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  • Sc̃s Arculfus sagaþ ðæt hé gesáwe on Hierusalem áne sýle . . . ðonne seó sunne byþ on ðæs heofones mydle ðonne nafaþ seó sýl nǽnige sceade . . . and swá ða dagas forð on sceortiaþ, swá byþ ðære sýle sceade lengra. Ðeós sýl cýþeþ ðæt Hierusalem ys geseted on myddre eorðan,

      Shrn. 95, 30-96, 5, 8.

  • In sýle wolcnes

    in columna nubis,

      Ps. Surt. 98, 7.

  • Ðære méder wæs on slǽpe ætýwed . . . ðæt hyre man stunge áne sýle on ðone bósum,

      149, 2.

  • Ercoles sýla

    Herculis columnae,

      Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 8, 26.

  • Ðæt feoh ðe hié wiþ ðám sýlum sellan woldon,

      4, 12; Swt. 210, 4.

  • Ic getrymede sýle his

    confirmavi columnas ejus,

      Ps. Surt. 74, 4.
  • [O. Frs. séle: O. L. Ger. O. H. Ger. súl columna: Icel. súla a pillar. Cf. Goth. sauls a pillar.] Cf. syll.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “sýl.” 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/29965.

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