sang
, es;
m. I. song, singing, (
a) of human or angelic beings :-- Sárlíc sang
trenos (
θρῆνος), Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 18. Twegra sang
bicinium, 25. Ungeswége sang
diaphonia, 34. Geþwǽre sang
armonia, 39. Ánswege sang
simphonia, 40. Wuldres weard wordum herigaþ þegnas ... þǽr is sang æt selde, Cd. Th. 306, 12; Sat. 663. Dǽr wæs sang and swég samod ætgædere ... gomenwudu gréted, gid oft wrecen, Beo. Th. 2130; B. 1063: 180; B. 90. Ðǽr wæs singal sang and swegles gong, wlitig weoroda heáp, Andr. Kmbl. 1737; An. 871. Ðǽr is engla song, eádigra blis, Exon. Th. 100, 31; Cri. 1650. Magister cyriclíces sanges
magister ecclesiasticae cantionis, Bd. 2, 20; S. 522, 27. Songes magister
cantandi magister, 4, 2; S. 565, 38. Ðá hé ðá ðis leóþ ásungen hæfde, ðá forlét hé ðone sang, Bt. 24, 1; Fox 80, 5. Ðǽr (
in heaven) wé hálgan Gode sang ymb seld secgan sceoldon, Cd. Th. 279, 9; Sat. 235. Gesǽton sigerófe sang áhófon
lifted up their voices in song, Elen. Kmbl. 1733; Kl. 868. (
b) of birds or animals :-- Winsum sanc (
of birds), Met. 13, 50. Fugla cynn songe lofiaþ módigne, Exon. Th. 221, 20; Ph. 337. Mǽwes song, 406, 25; Rä. 25, 6. Earn sang áhóf, Elen. Kmbl. 58; El. 39. Wulf sang áhóf, 224; El. 112. (
c) of sound caused by inanimate things; v.
býme-sangere, sang-cræft, singan :-- Ealle hearpan strengas se hearpere grét mid ánre honda, ðý hé wile ðæt hí ánne song singen, ðeáh hé hié ungelíce styrige
idcirco chordae consonam modulationem reddunt; quia uno quidem plectro, sed non uno impulsu feriuntur, Past. 23; Swt. 175, 9.
II. a singing, chanting :-- Se biscop and se mæssepreóst sceolan mæssan gesingan ... and ða ðe on heofenum syndon, hí þingiaþ for ða ðe ðyssum sange fylgeaþ, Blickl. Homl. 45, 36.
III. song, poetry, v.
sang-cræft.
IV. a song, a poem to be sung or
recited :-- Se hálga song gehýred wæs, Exon. Th. 181, 23; Gú. 1297. Ðá hæfde hé mé gebunden mid ðære wynnsumnesse his sanges
me carminis mulcedo defixerat, Bt. 22, 1; Fox 76, 6. Mé Gúðhere forgeaf máþþum songes tó leáne, Exon. Th. 322, 22; Víd. 67. Galan sigeleásne sang, Beo. Th. 1578; B. 787. Ðonne hé gyd wrece, sárigne sang, 4885; B. 2447. Ic ðysne sang (
the poem which follows) fand, Apstls. Kmbl. 1; Ap. 1. Word sanga
verba cantionum, Ps. Spl. 136, 3. Singaþ ús ymnum ealdra sanga ðe gé on Sione sungan
hymnum cantate nobis de canticis Sion, Ps. Th. 136, 4. Sangum
carminibus, Hpt. Gl. 519, 50. Singaþ sangas Drihtne and him neówne sang singaþ
cantate Domino canticum novum, Ps. Th. 149, 1: 95, 1. [
Goth. saggws:
O. Sax. sang:
O. Frs. song:
O. H. Ger. sang:
Icel. söngr. v. ǽfen-, brýd-, byrig-, cyric-, dæg-, dægréd-, foranniht-, galdor-, heáf-, hearp-, líc-, lof-, mæsse-, middæg-, niht-, nón-, offrung-, prím-, sealm-, tíd-, úht-, undern-, wóþ-, yfel-sang.