sibb

Hiora in ānum wēoll sefa wið sorgum: sibb ǣfre ne mæg wiht onwendan, þām þe wēl þenceð.

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

Hiora in ânum weóll sefa wið sorgum: sibb æfre ne mäg wiht onwendan, þam þe wel þenceð.

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

` ` But I hae heard say, gudewife, '' continued Ochiltree, ` ` there was a clatter in the country, that her husband and her were ower sibb when they married. ''

The Antiquary 1845

Then she said, ` By the religion of our holy Church they are ower sibb thegither.

The Antiquary 1845

And then, as the fiend is ever ower busy wi brains like mine, that are subtle beyond their use and station, I was unhappily permitted to add --- ` But they might be brought to think themselves sae sibb as no Christian law will permit their wedlock. '' '

The Antiquary 1845

"But I hae heard say, gudewife," continued Ochiltree, "there was a clatter in the country, that her husband and her were ower sibb when they married."

The Antiquary — Volume 02 Walter Scott 1801

"But I hae heard say, gudewife," continued Ochiltree, "there was a clatter in the country, that her husband and her were ower sibb when they married."

The Antiquary — Complete Walter Scott 1801

Among English-speakers, "godsibb" originally referred to those who had a spiritual kinship through baptism "god" as in godparent; "sibb" as in sibling.

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Then she said, By the religion of our holy Church they are ower sibb thegither.

The Antiquary 1584

“there was a clatter in the country, that her husband and her were ower sibb when they married.”

The Antiquary 1584