syfre

Old English

Alternative forms

• sēfre, sīfre

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sūbrī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsyːf.re/, [ˈsyːv.re]

Adjective

sȳfre (superlative sȳfrust)

1. sober, pure, temperate, circumspect

Declension

Declension of sȳfre — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sȳfre	sȳfru, sȳfro	sȳfre
Accusative	sȳferne	sȳfre	sȳfre
Genitive	sȳfres	sȳfre	sȳfres
Dative	sȳfrum	sȳfre	sȳfrum
Instrumental	sȳfre	sȳfre	sȳfre
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sȳfre	sȳfra, sȳfre	sȳfru, sȳfro
Accusative	sȳfre	sȳfra, sȳfre	sȳfru, sȳfro
Genitive	sȳfra	sȳfra	sȳfra
Dative	sȳfrum	sȳfrum	sȳfrum
Instrumental	sȳfrum	sȳfrum	sȳfrum

Declension of sȳfre — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sȳfra	sȳfre	sȳfre
Accusative	sȳfran	sȳfran	sȳfre
Genitive	sȳfran	sȳfran	sȳfran
Dative	sȳfran	sȳfran	sȳfran
Instrumental	sȳfran	sȳfran	sȳfran
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sȳfran	sȳfran	sȳfran
Accusative	sȳfran	sȳfran	sȳfran
Genitive	sȳfra, sȳfrena	sȳfra, sȳfrena	sȳfra, sȳfrena
Dative	sȳfrum	sȳfrum	sȳfrum
Instrumental	sȳfrum	sȳfrum	sȳfrum

Derived terms

• sȳferǣte
• sȳferlīċ
• sȳferlīċe
• sȳferness
• unsȳfre

Descendants

• Middle English: syfre

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “sȳfre”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.