sincgiefa
Old English
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editEtymology
editFrom sinc (“treasure”) + ġiefa (“giver”), from ġiefan (“to give”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsincġiefa m (West Saxon)
- (poetic) a lord; the giver of treasures to his thanes
- Beowulf, 1338-1343 (c. 8th-9th century), tr. Benjamin Slade:
- ... / ond nú óþer cwóm
mihtig mánscaða / wolde hyre maég wrecan
gé feor hafað / faéhðe gestaéled
þæs þe þincean mæg / þegne monegum
sé þe æfter sincgyfan / on sefan gréoteþ:
hreþerbealo hearde / ...- ... / and now the other has come,
the mighty crime-wreaker, / she wants to avenge her kinsman,
and has very far / carried her feud,
as it must seem / to many a thane,
who for the treasure-giver / weeps in his heart:
hard mind-grief! / ...
- ... / and now the other has come,
- Beowulf, 1338-1343 (c. 8th-9th century), tr. Benjamin Slade:
Declension
editDeclension of sincġiefa (weak)