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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. Ia. used metaphorically of the fiery and cloudy pillars :-- 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.
), Wrt. Voc. ii. 52, 8.
Etymology
[O. Sax. segel : O. H. Ger. segal velum, artemon, carbasus : Icel. segl ; n.]
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v. segl-gird,
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