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segne

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
segne, an ; f.
A seine, sean, a drag-net
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  • Næs ðiú segni tósliten

    non est scissum rete,

      Jn. Skt. Lind. 21, 11.
  • Of suegna fiscum

    de saginae piscibus,

      Mt. Kmbl. p. 17, 6.
  • Ongelíc segne

    simile saginae,

      Lind. 13, 47.
  • Sendas ðæt nett ł segna

    mittite rete,

      Jn. Skt. Lind. 21, 6.
  • Segni, 8.
  • Hí ongunnon sǽláfe segnum dǽlan,

      Cd. Th. 215, 17 ; Exod. 584.
Etymology
[(Pecher) de nase wit a seyne, Wrt. Voc. i. 159, 7. O. Sax. segina : O. Frs. seine : O. H. Ger. segina sagena. From Latin; cf. Fr. seine.]
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v.  swegne.
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