sibb

Old English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sibb/, [sib]

Noun

sibb f

1. relationship
2. peace
   • c. 992, Ælfric, "The First Sunday after Easter"

     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.

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	sibb	sibba, sibbe
accusative	sibbe	sibba, sibbe
genitive	sibbe	sibba
dative	sibbe	sibbum

Derived terms

• ġesibb
• sibb and stilnes
• sibbian
• sibleġer
• siblic
• sibling
• siblufu
• sibræden
• sibsum
  • ġesibsumian
    • ġesibsumung
  • sibsumlíce

Descendants

• Middle English: sibbe, sib
  • English: sib
  • Scots: sib
  • → Norn: sib (?)