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a seal attached to a document as evidence of authenticity,
    Shrn. 176, 10 (in Dict.).
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  • Seó sprǽc wearð ðám cynge cúð. Ðá ðá him seó talu cúð wæs, ðá sende hé gewrit and his insegl tó ðám arcebisceope,

      C.D. iv. 266, 19.
a seal placed on a lock, receptacle, &c., so that an opening cannot be effected without breaking it
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  • Hé beleác þæt wínern and ásette his ágen insegl on ꝥ loc and forlét hit swá belocen

    apothecam clausit, atque impresso sigillo proprio munitam reliquit,

      Gr. D. 59, 5.

  • Þá insægla wǽron tó swutelunge ... þá féng se portgeréfa tó þǽre tége, and hé hí uninsæglode,

      Hml. S. B. 758-765.
  • Hí ðæt gewrit mid twám sylfrenan inseglum (insæglan, 756) on ánre teáge geinsegledon, 343.

  • Cóm tácn of heofenum, and þæt bearn swytelíce mid inseglum beclýsde

    Omnitenens sigillum manifestandi militis sui in aeternae memorationis indicium praemisit,

      Guth. Gr. 104, 13.

  • Unýðe þé wæs þæt þú hit eall ne mihtest mid inseglum beclýsan,

      Wlfst. 259, 20.

  • Bóc mid seofon inseglum (sigillis) geinseglode ... þá bóc untýnan and hire inseglu tóbrecan, Gr. D. 332, 22-24. III. a seal, an engraved stamp of hard material to mate an impression upon wax, &c. :-- Þonne wé sceáwiað þá inseglu and onlícnessa þe þonne gýt fullfremedlíce ne beóð ágrafene

    sicut necdum perfecte sculpta sigilla conspicimus.

      Gr. D. 283, 23.
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[v. N.E.D. inseil.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “in-segel.” 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/53974.

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