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sin-gal

  • adjective
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sin-gal, adj.
referring to things of the next life,
everlasting, perpetual
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  • Dreám ys singal

    canor est jugis,

      Hymn. Surt. 58, 4.

  • On ðam heofenlícum éðele is singal leóht,

      Lchdm. iii. 240, 12 : Homl. Th. i. 238, 5 : Rood Kmbl. 280 ; Kr. 141.

  • Ðǽr (

    in hell

    ) is á singal sorh,
      Wulfst. 26, 8.
referring to things of time,
continual, constant, without intermission
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  • Swá singal gebiórscipe

    quasi juge convivium,

      Kent. Gl. 521.
  • Hine gedreht singal slǽpleást. Homl. Th. i. 86, 16.
  • Singal oferdrenc, ii. 592, 6.

  • Ðis is singal sacu,

      Elen. Kmbl. 1808 ; El. 906.

  • Singal gesíþ

    a constant companion,

      Exon. Th. 257, 4 ; Jul. 242.

  • Se singala ege ne lǽt nǽnne mon gesǽligne beón

    continuus timor non sinit esse felicem,

      Bt. 11, 2 ; Fox 34, 28 : 12 ; Fox 36, 28.

  • Mid ðæm sin*-*galum geþohte

    ab hac cogitatione continua,

      Past. 11, 7 ; Swt. 72, 6.

  • Geleáfan singalum

    fides jugis,

      Hymn. Surt. 44, 39.

  • Mid singalre éstful*-*nysse

    sedula devotione,

      88, 15.

  • Singalre

    assidua,

      Hpt. Gl. 407, 65.

  • Men habbaþ singalne andan betwuh him,

      Bt. 39, 3 ; Fox 214, 33.

  • Mid singalum bénum

    sedulis questibus,

      Hymn. Surt. 127, 14.

  • Mid singalum gebedum

    orationibus adsiduis, Bd. 4, 28 ; S. 606, 29. IIa. of the regular succession of time, daily (cf. Goth. sinteins daily (bread )

    ) :-- Syle ús hláf úserne ðone singalan,
      Exon. Th. 469, 4 ; Hy. 5, 8.

  • Singal tído diurna tempora, Rtl. 164, 36. IIb. of an unbroken series, in succession, continuous :-- Þurh syx singal geár

    per sex continuos annos,

      Bd. 4, 23 ; S. 595, 17 : 5, 9 ; S. 623, 27.
of long continuance, lasting
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  • Wæs seó éhtnys[se] singalre (

    diuturnior

    ) eallum ðám ǽrgedónum,
      1, 6 ; S. 476, 24. v. following words.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “sin-gal.” 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/27803.

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