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segl

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
segl, swegel, segel, es; m. n.
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §80; §219; §276; §563;
a sail
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  • Segl

    artemon,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 24
      • .

  • Segl

    velum,

    se mǽsta segl

    acateon

    se medemesta segl

    epidromas,

    se lesta segl

    dalum,

    • i. 56, 48-53
      • .

  • Segel

    velum,

    lytel segel

    dalum,

    • 48, 22, 23
      • .

  • Ðes segl

    hic carbasus,

    ðás seglu

    haec carbasa,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 13
      • ;
    • Zup. 86, 3
      • .

  • Ðá wæs be mæste merehrægla sum, segl sále fæst,

    • Beo. Th. 3816
      • ;
    • B. 1906
      • .

  • Ðæt scip wæs ealne weg yrnende under segle,

    • Ors. 1. 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 19, 34
      • .

  • Nefne hé under segle yrne,

    • Exon. Th. 345, 11
      • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 186
      • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 1009
      • ;
    • An. 505
      • .

  • Be ðæs scipes segele,

    • Bt. tit. 7
      • ;
    • Fox x. 16
      • .

  • Gif ðú ðínes scipes segl ongeán ðone wind tóbrǽdst, ðú lǽtst eal eówer færeld tó ðæs windes dóme,

    • 7, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 18, 32
      • .

  • Fealdan ðæt segl

    to furl the sail,

    • 41, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 250, 15
      • .

  • Eówre seglas sendon geseted

    your sails are set,

    • Shrn. 60, 11
      • .

  • Seglu

    vela,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 54
      • .
used metaphorically of the fiery and cloudy pillars
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  • Swegl síðe weóld

    the pillar governed their journey,

    • Cd. Th. 184, 10
      • ;
    • Exod. 105
      • .

  • Hæfde God sunnan síðfæt swegle ofertolden, swá ða mæstrápas men ne cúðon, ne ða seglróde geseón meahton,

    • 182, 26
      • ;
    • Exod. 81
      • .

  • Fyrd geseah, hú ðǽr hlifedon hálige seglas,

    • 183, 10
      • ;
    • Exod. 89
      • .
a veil, curtain
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  • Ðæs temples segl,

    • Exon. Th. 70, 16
      • ;
    • Cri. 1139
      • .
a flag, banner (?)
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  • Segl

    larbanum

    (labarum(?). Labarum signum militare Romanorum, pensile, ex panno aut serico contectum, et transversario antennae specie ligno affixum, a suprema conti parte pendens. v. segl-gird, II.),
    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 52, 8
      • .
Etymology
[
O. Sax. segel
:
O. H. Ger. segal velum, artemon, carbasus
:
Icel. segl
; n.]
Similar entries
v. ofer-segl.
Linked entries
v.  swegl-síðe segl-ród segn.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “segl.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/27337.

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  • segl, n.

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