Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Jan 2, 2005 04:04
19 yrs ago
English term
suicide
English
Social Sciences
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
In Old English
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| 5 +4 | selfcwalu |
Kim Metzger
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| 2 | sîn his |
Jonathan MacKerron
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Kim Metzger
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selfcwalu
selfbana [] m (-n/-n) a suicide, one who kills himself
selfcwala [] m (-n/-n) a suicide
selfcwalu [] f (-e/-a) suicide, self-slaughter
http://home.comcast.net/~modean52/old_to_new_english_s.htm
http://www.ling.upenn.edu/~kurisuto/germanic/oe_clarkhall_ab...
selfcwala [] m (-n/-n) a suicide
selfcwalu [] f (-e/-a) suicide, self-slaughter
http://home.comcast.net/~modean52/old_to_new_english_s.htm
http://www.ling.upenn.edu/~kurisuto/germanic/oe_clarkhall_ab...
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5 hrs
Jonathan MacKerron
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sîn his
is what Webster offers
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Full entry from Merriam-Webster III international:
\"Latin sui (gen.), sibi (dative), se (accusative & abl.) oneself + English -cide; akin to Old English *sîn his*, Old High German sih (accusative) oneself, s*n his, Old Norse sik (accusative) oneself, s*nn one\'s own, Gothic sik oneself, seins his, Latin suus one\'s own, Greek he (accusative) oneself, hos, heos one\'s own, Sanskrit sva oneself, one\'s own\"
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Note added at 5 hrs 52 mins (2005-01-02 09:57:00 GMT)
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should be a flat line over the \"i\"
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Note added at 5 hrs 58 mins (2005-01-02 10:03:07 GMT)
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Full entry from Merriam-Webster III international:
\"Latin sui (gen.), sibi (dative), se (accusative & abl.) oneself + English -cide; akin to Old English *sîn his*, Old High German sih (accusative) oneself, s*n his, Old Norse sik (accusative) oneself, s*nn one\'s own, Gothic sik oneself, seins his, Latin suus one\'s own, Greek he (accusative) oneself, hos, heos one\'s own, Sanskrit sva oneself, one\'s own\"
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