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Old English · noun

sibb

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/sibb/
[sib]
Syllables
sibb (1 syllable)
Modern English
relationshipsib

Meaning

  1. relationship

  2. peace

    Se Hælend cwæð to him, "Beo sibb betwux ēow." For sibbe com Crist to mannum, and sibbe he bead and tæhte, and nis nan ðing him gecwēme þe bið būtan sibbe ġedōn.

    Jesus said to them, "Peace be among you." For peace Christ came to men, and peace he enjoined and taught, and nothing is to him acceptable which is done without peace.

    c. 992, Ælfric, "The First Sunday after Easter"

Declension

Declension of sibb
SingularPlural
Nominative sibbsibbasibbe
Accusative sibbesibbasibbe
Genitive sibbesibba
Dative sibbesibbum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sibjō, cognate with German Sippe, from Proto-Indo-European *swé, also found in the ethnonym Suebi.

Descendants

sib

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