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sige

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
sige, es ; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§96; §320; §386; §419;
Victory, triumph.
success in war
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  • Sige

    victoria,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 84, 19.

  • Ic siges mihte eów sille, ðæt gé eów tó gamene feónda áfillaþ,

      Wulfst. 132, 19.

  • Se cyng áhte siges geweald

    victory remained with the king,

      Chr. 1066 ; Erl. 201, 12.

  • Hí mid mycele sige (

    triumpho magno

    ) hám fóran,
      Bd. 1, 12 ; S. 480, 32.

  • Palm getácnaþ syge,

      Homl. Th. i. 218, 11.

  • Sige forgifan

    to grant victory,

      Bd. 2, 9 ; S. 511, 36 : Elen. Kmbl. 288 ; El. 144.

  • Sige syllan,

      Val. 2, 25.

  • Sige habban

    to conquer, be victorious,

      Num. 31, 18.

  • Hæfde sige

    vincebat, superabat,

      Ex. 17, 11.

  • Ða Cretense hæfdon ðone grimlecan sige

    cruentiorem victoriam Cretenses exercuerunt,

      Ors. 1, 9 ; Swt. 42, 28.

  • Sige gerǽcan, gesleán, gewinnan

    to gain the victory,

      3, 1 ; Swt. 96, 33 : Bd. 1, 16 ; S. 484, 22 : Num. 21, 1.

  • Sige niman, onfón

    to obtain the victory,

      Chr. 800 ; Erl. 60, 9 : 845 ; Erl. 66, 24 : Bd. l, 16 ; S. 484, 21.

  • Hié ðæt an missenlícum sigum dreógende wǽron,

      Ors. 4, 7 ; Swt. 182, 3.

  • Ðæt hié mec mid heán sigum (

    cum sublimibus tropheis

    ) geweorðedon,
      Nar. 24, 24.
success in conflict
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  • Siges

    triumphi,

      Hpt. Gl. 447, 76.

  • Mid sigerlícum sige

    triumphali tropheo,

      473, 41 : Hymn. Surt. 44, 27.

  • Sige onsendan

    to make victorious,

      Salm. Kmbl. 487 ; Sal. 244.

  • Heó bád ðone écan sige,

      Bd. 4, 23 ; S. 593, 14.

  • Sigas triumphos, Hymn. Surt. 47, 20 : victorias, 129, 24 : trophea, 131, 22. IIa. success in commerce :-- Oxan grasiende gesihþ sige ceápas (-es ?

    or

    sigeceápas ?) getácnaþ, oxan slápende gesihþ yfelnysse ceápes getácnaþ.
      Lchdm. iii. 200, 9.
Etymology
[The word occurs often as one of the components of proper names : e. g. see Txts. 512-513. Siȝe (syȝe, siȝen) habben, Laym. 23896 : 17409 : 16199. Siȝe winnenn, Orm. 5461. Sy triumph, Jul. 11, 16. Goth. sigis : O. Sax. sigi : O. H. Ger. sigi, sigu : Icel. sig.]
Similar entries
v. weorc-, word-sige, and sigor.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “sige.” 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/27665.

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