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sigle

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
sigle, es ; n.
A necklace, collar, band for the neck
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  • Ne beóþ ðǽr forþ borene sigele ne beágas ne heora heáfodgold,

      Wulfst. 253, 23.
  • Ðá gemétte heó under hrægele gylden sigele (

    monile

    ),
      Bd. 4, 23 ; S. 595, 5.
  • Háma ætwæg Brósinga mene, sigle and sincfæt,

      Beo. Th. 2404 ; B. 1200.
  • In mínum sweoran ic mé gemon beran ða ýdlan byrþenne gyldenra sigla

    in collo me memini supervacua monitium pondera portare,

      Bd. 4, 19 ; S. 589, 27 : Beo. Th. 2318 ; B. 1157.
  • Hí on beorg dydon bég and siglu . . . hyrsta, 6308 ; B. 3164.
Etymology
[Icel. sigli a necklace.]
Similar entries
v. máðum-sigle ; sigel, in-sigle.
Linked entries
v.  sigel sigele.
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  • sigle, n.