sibsum
Old English
Etymology
From sibb + -sum. Cognate with Old High German sibbisam, sippisam (“peaceful”) (sippi + -sam).[1][2]
Adjective
sibsum
- peacable; peaceful, friendly
- c. 1000, Aldred the Scribe, Rituale ecclesiæ Dunelmensis (Gloss), republished in: 1839, The Publications of the Surtees Society, Rituale Ecclesiæ Dunelmensis: Nunc Primum Typis Mandatum, London: […] , Edinburgh: […] , page 39, line 19.
- [With superscript indicating gloss]
DaSel nobis,vs, Domine,driht' quesumus,ve bid' utꝥte etæc mundimiddang'es cursuserning pacificussibsvm nobisvs tuoðinvm ordineendebrednisse dignatur,sie girihtad, et⁊ ecclesiacirca tuaðin tranþuillasmyltlicvm devotioneoest letetur,sie glædedo, purð D'- Grant us, O Lord, we pray, that the peaceful course of the world may be made worthy of your order, and that your church may be blessed by peaceful devotion, through God.
- c. 1000, Aldred the Scribe, Rituale ecclesiæ Dunelmensis (Gloss), republished in: 1839, The Publications of the Surtees Society, Rituale Ecclesiæ Dunelmensis: Nunc Primum Typis Mandatum, London: […] , Edinburgh: […] , page 39, line 19.
Declension
Declension of sibsum — Strong
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sibsum | sibsumu, sibsumo | sibsum |
| Accusative | sibsumne | sibsume | sibsum |
| Genitive | sibsumes | sibsumre | sibsumes |
| Dative | sibsumum | sibsumre | sibsumum |
| Instrumental | sibsume | sibsumre | sibsume |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | sibsume | sibsuma, sibsume | sibsumu, sibsumo |
| Accusative | sibsume | sibsuma, sibsume | sibsumu, sibsumo |
| Genitive | sibsumra | sibsumra | sibsumra |
| Dative | sibsumum | sibsumum | sibsumum |
| Instrumental | sibsumum | sibsumum | sibsumum |
Declension of sibsum — Weak
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sibsuma | sibsume | sibsume |
| Accusative | sibsuman | sibsuman | sibsume |
| Genitive | sibsuman | sibsuman | sibsuman |
| Dative | sibsuman | sibsuman | sibsuman |
| Instrumental | sibsuman | sibsuman | sibsuman |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | sibsuman | sibsuman | sibsuman |
| Accusative | sibsuman | sibsuman | sibsuman |
| Genitive | sibsumra, sibsumena | sibsumra, sibsumena | sibsumra, sibsumena |
| Dative | sibsumum | sibsumum | sibsumum |
| Instrumental | sibsumum | sibsumum | sibsumum |
Derived terms
- sibsumlic
- sibsumness
References
- ^ Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “sib-sum”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- ^ Gerhard Köbler (2014), "sippisam* 1", in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, 6th edition