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sin-gréne

  • noun [ feminine ]
  • adjective
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Grammar
sin-gréne, an ; f. A plant name (lit. ever-green), sin-green (sen-, sim-), house-leek ; sempervivum tectorum : see E. D. S. Pub. Plant Names, s. v. sen-green (sin-, sim-), and Lchdm. ii. 405, col. 1. Besides
Wright's OE grammar
§583;
sempervivum the word glosses several other names
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  • Singréne titemallos, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 33 :

    temolus ł titemallos,

      Lchdm. iii. 305, col. 1.
  • Syngréne. Ðeós wyrt ðe man

    temolum

    and óðrum naman singréne nemneþ, i.
      152, 12.
  • Singréne

    colatidis,

    iii.
      301, col. 2 : Wrt. Voc. i. 69, 4.
  • Nim singrénan,

      Lchdm. ii. 56, 22.
  • Ða smalan singrénan,

      54, 2.
Etymology
[Iovis barba jubarbe, singrene. Rel. Ant. i. 37, col. 2. Howsleke or sengrene barba Jovis, semperviva, Prompt. Parv. 251, where see note. Ger. sin-grün and Dan. sin-grøn is periwinkle. Cf. Icel. sí-grænn ; adj. evergreen.]
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