sibræden

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Old English[edit]

A display of imperial kinship.

Etymology[edit]

Equivalent to sib +‎ -rǣden.

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Noun[edit]

sibrǣden f

  1. kinship, consanguinity
    • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online
      …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.

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