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Old English · noun

sibræden

Normalised sibrǣden

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/ˈsibˌræː.den/
Syllables
ˈsib · ˌræː · den (3 syllables)
Modern English
consanguinitykinship

Meaning

  1. kinship, consanguinity

    …þes ilce Willelm hæfde ǣror numen ðes eorles dohter of Angeow tō wīfe oc hī wǣron siððen tōtweamde for sibrēden..…because the same William had earlier taken from Anjou the earl's daughter to wife, but they were thereafter separated for consanguinity.

    1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online

Declension

Declension of sibræden
SingularPlural
Nominative sibrǣdensibrǣdennasibrǣdenne
Accusative sibrǣdennesibrǣdennasibrǣdenne
Genitive sibrǣdennesibrǣdenna
Dative sibrǣdennesibrǣdennum

All forms (4)

Etymology

Equivalent to sibb + -rǣden.

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