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SIGEFÆSTAN -- SIGE-ÞEÓD. 873

hám, Menol. Fox 298 ; Men. 150. Sigefæst tácon victricia signa, Bd. 1, 8 ; S. 479, 24 : H. R. 105, 21. Sigefæstan gúþfanan victricia, victoriosa, Hpt. Gl. 447, 54. v. sigor-fæst.

sigefæstan ; p. te To triumph :--Sigefeston triumphant, Txts. 182, 77. v. ge-sigefæstan.

sigefæstness, e ; f. Victoriousness, triumph :--Hé wítgode be Cristes sigefæstnesse, ðá ðá hé on heofonas ástáh, Ps. Th. 23, arg. Ðeáh ánra gehwylc wind hæbbe twelf sigefæstnissa, Salm. Kmbl. 152, 3. Sigefæst&dash-uncertain;nissum triumphis, Rtl. 93, 7 : 75, 19. v. sigorfæstness.

sige-folc, es ; n. A victorious or triumphant people :--Heó (Judith) ðæt word ácwæþ tó ðam sigefolce (the Jews who were about to destroy the Assyrians), Judth. Thw. 23, 32 ; Jud. 152. Ðá wæs þeód on sæ-acute;lum, sigefolca swég, Beo. Th. 1292 ; B. 644 : Menol. Fox 593 ; Gn. C. 66.

sige-gealdor, es ; n. A charm that gives victory :--Ic mé on ðisse gyrde belúce . . . wið eal ðæt láð ðe intó land fare ; sygegealdor ic begale, sigegyrd ic mé wege, Lchdm. i. 388, 14.

sige-gefeoht, es ; n. A victorious battle, a victory :--On sigegefeohtutn ellreordra cynna in victories over foreign races ; in expugnandis barbaris, Bd. 3, 3 ; S. 525, 25.

sige-gird, e ; f. A rod that brings victory, v. sige-gealdor.

sige-hrémig ; adj. Exultant with victory, triumphant :--Gesæt sige&dash-uncertain;hrémig on ða swíðran hand éce eádfruma (Christ) ágnum Fæder, Exon. Th. 33, 25 ; Cri. 531 : Hy. 8, 30.

sige-hréð fame gained by victory :--Onsæ-acute;l sigehréð secgum tell men of the fame you have won (cf. the account of his deeds which Beowulf had given to Hrothgar), Beo. Th. 984 ; B. 490. Cf. gúþ-hréð.

sige-hréðig ; adj. Triumphant, (1) applied to men :--Dómeádig cempa . . . sigehréðig (Guthlac), Exon. Th. 146, 4 ; Gú. 704. Hig ne wéndon ðæt hé sigehréðig sécean cóme þeóden they did not expect that Beowulf would come triumphant (from his fight with Grendel's mother) and visit Hrothgar, Beo. Th. 3198 ; B. 1597 : 5505 ; B. 2756. (2) applied to the Deity :--Se Ælmihtiga . . . gesette sigehréðig sunnan and mónan, 188 ; B. 94.

sige-hwíl, e ; f. A time of victory, the hour of victory :--Wedra helm feónd gefylde . . . Ðæt ðam þeódne wæs síðes sigehwíl, Beo. Th. 5413 ; B. 2710.

sigel, sægl, segl ; n. (?) The sun ; also the name of the rune=S :-- RUNE sæ-acute;mannum symble byþ on hihte (cf. Icelandic Runic poem--Sól er landa ljómi), Runic pm. Kmbl. 342, 15 ; Rún. 16. Woruldcandel scán, sigel súþan fús, Beo. Th. 3936 ; B. 1966. Wuldres tácen swylce hádre sægl, Andr. Kmbl. 178 ; An. 89. Hádor sægl gewát under scríðan, 2911 ; An. 1458. Heáfdes segl the sun of the head, the eye (cf. Icel. enni-máni, -tungl = the eye), 100 ; An. 50. [Goth. sauil ; n. the sun : Icel. sól ; f.] v. heáðo-sigel ; sigel-beorht, -hearwa, -hweorfa, -torht, -waras.

sigel, sigl ; n. (?) A clasp, brooch, jewel :--Sigl, sigil bulla, Txts. 45, 331 : fibula, 63, 874 : sibba, 97, 1856. Sigl bulla, gemma, Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 70 : fibula, 148, 57. Sigil bulla, i. 288, 7. Sigel, ii. 11, 34 : fibula, 35, 42. [Cf. O. H. Ger. sigilla ; f. lunula. From Latin (?) sigillum.] v. sigle.

sigel-beorht ; adj. I. sun-bright, bright with the sun, sunny :--Wintres dæg sigelbeorhtne genimþ hærfest mid herige hrímes and snáwes winter's day takes captive sunny autumn with its army of frost and snow, Menol. Fox 404 ; Men. 203. Bringþ sigelbeorhte dagas sumor tó túne, 175 ; Men. 89. II. bright as the sun :--Sitt sigelbeorht swegles brytta on heáhsetle ille sedens solio fulget sublimis in alto, Dóm. L. 117. [Icel. sól-bjartr.] Cf. sigel-torht.

sige-leán, es ; n. A reward of victory, prize, palm :--Sigeleán &l-bar; edleán palma, Hpt. Gl. 482, 5 : 432, 75 : triumphus, palma, 424, 53. Ðæt wé brúcan sigeleáne ut perfruamur bravio, Hymn. Surt. 129, 18. Simon and Thaddeus beornas beadorófe sceoldon þurh wæ-acute;penhete sigeleán sécan, Apstls. Kmbl. 161 ; Ap. 81. Éce líf, sélust sigeleána, Elen. Kmbl. 1051 ; El. 527. [Goth. sigis-laun bravium.] v. sigor-leán.

sige-leás ; adj. I. without victory, unsuccessful in conflict, defeated :--Engle nú lange [wæ-acute;ron] eal sigeleáse the English now for a long time have been deserted by victory, Wulfst. 162, 15. Hý sigeleáse (defeated) ðone grénan wong ofgiefan sceoldan, Exon. Th. 130, 33 ; Gú. 447 : 141, 6 ; Gú. 623 : Cd. Th. 20, 20 ; Gen. 312. Ia. of an expedition, unattended by victory :--Sigeleásne síð, Exon. Th. 120, 17 ; Gú. 273. Ib. of a song, that tells of defeat :--Gehýrdon galan Godes andsacan sigeleásne sang, Beo. Th. 1578 ; B. 787. [O. H. Ger. sigu-lós.]

sige-leóþ, es ; n, A song of triumph :--Ðá wæs sigeleóþ (cf. Icel. sigr-óp) galen on herefelda, Elen. Kmbl. 248 ; El. 124. Engla þreátas sigeleóþ sungon (when Guthlac came to Heaven), Exon. Th. 181, 6 ; Gú. 1289.

Sigel-hearwa (Síl-), an ; m. An Ethiopian :--Se deófol wearþ æteówod swylce ormæ-acute;te Sílhearwa, Homl. Th. i. 466, 24. Hé him ætýwde micelne Sigelhearwan, ðæm wæs seó onsýn sweartre ðonne hrúm, Shrn. 120, 24. Twegen blace Sílhearwan, Homl. Th. ii. 496, 17 : Homl. Skt. i. 4, 285. Sigylhearwan (Sielhearwæn, MS. T.) Aethiopes, Ps. Spl. 71, 9. Sigel&dash-uncertain;

hearwena (Sýl-, Ps. Spl.) folc, Ps. Surt. 73, 14 : ii. p. 189, 36. Ethiopia, ðæt is ðæra Sílhearwena ríce. Homl. Th. ii. 472, 13 : i. 454, 12. Ðæra Sílhearwena land terra Aethiopiae, Gen. 2, 13. Síllhearewena (Sílhearwena, MSS. R. P.) land. Lchdm. iii. 258, 18. Ðú sealdest Sigelhearwan (-as, MS.) tó móse dedisti in escam populo Aethiopum, Ps. Th. 73, 14. Cf. Sigel-waras.

Sigelhearwen ; adj. Ethiopian :--For his Sigelhearwenan wífe propter uxorem ejus Aethiopissam, Num. 12, 1. Sýlhearwenre, Aethiopica, Hpt. Gl. 514, 49.

sigel-hweorfa, an ; m. A plant-name, a word equivalent in meaning to the Greek heliotrope. It is found as the representative of foreign words in the following :--Sigelhweorfa heliotropus, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 5, 80 : Lchdm. iii. 302, col. 1. Sigelhuerpha eliotropia, id. Sigelhueorua nimphea, 304, col. 1 : solsequia, 305, col. 1. Sigelwearfa. Ðeós wyrt ðe Grécas heliotropus, and Rómáne uertamnum nemnaþ, and eác Angle sigelhweorfa hátaþ, Lchdm. i. 152, 21. Sigilhweorfa eliotropus, 254, 11. In the following no foreign equivalent is given :--Sigelhweorfa, ii. 94, 25 : iii. 24, 4. Nim nioþoweardne sigelhweorfan, 326, 17. See Lchdm. ii. 404, col. 2.

sigel-hweorfe, an ; f. A plant name :--Sigelhwerfe solsequium vel heliotropium, Wrt. Voc. i. 30, 30. Eleotropam, Grece ; Latine, solsequium, idem sigelhweorfe, ii. 32, 26. Nim sigelhweorfan ða smalan unwæscene, Lchdm. ii. 108, 23. v. preceding word.

sige-líc ; adj. Victorious :--Ða sigelícan victricia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 78, 21 : victoria, 92, 4. v. sigor-líc.

sigel-torht ; adj. Bright with sunshine or bright as the sun, cf. sigel&dash-uncertain;beorht :--Swá wæs ealne dæg óððæt æ-acute;fen com sigeltorht (epithet of æ-acute;fen or of Andrew ?) swungen, Andr. Kmbl. 2493 ; An. 1248.

Sigel-waras, -ware ; pl. The Ethiopians :--Mannkynn sweartes hiwes . . . ða man háteþ Sílhearwan (Sigilwara, MS. V.), Nar. 38, 30. Hine Sigelwearas (Aethiopes) séceaþ, Ps. Th. 71, 9. Folc Sigelwara populus Aethiopum, 86, 3. Sigelwara land, Cd. Th. 182, 2 ; Exod. 69. Hé (St. Matthew) gelæ-acute;rde Sigelwara mæ-acute;gþe, and of Sigelwarum hé flýmde twegan drýas, Shrn. 131, 27 : Apstls. Kmbl. 127 ; Ap. 64. Cf. Sigel&dash-uncertain;hearwa.

sige-méce, es ; m. A victorious sword, a sword wielded by a victor's hand, Exon. Th. 93, 24 ; Cri. 1531.

Sigen, e ; f. The Seine ; Sequana :--Andlang Sigene, Chr. 887 ; Erl. 84, 31. Be Sigene (Signe, MS. A.). 660 ; Erl. 35, 8 : 897 ; Erl. 94, 28. [O. H. Ger. Sigana.]

sígend, es ; m. Movement of the sea, wave :--Sígend flustra, i. undae, Wrt. Voc. ii. 35, 62. Flód flustra, sígendum flustris, 33, 33 : 76, 63. v. sígan.

sígere (?), es ; m. A glutton :--Sígiras (siras, Corpus Gl.) lurcones, avidi, Txts. 72, 568. v. sígerian, and cf. (?) sígan, IV.

sige-reáf, es ; n. A triumphal robe ; toga palmata, Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 4.

sigerian. v. sigorian.

sígerian (?) to act as a glutton :--Sígergendum lurconibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 34. v. sígere.

sige-ríce ; adj. Victorious, triumphant. (1) applied to the Deity :--Witig Drihten . . . sigeríce, Cd. Th. 179, 11 ; Exod. 27. (2) applied to men, cf. prop. name Sigeríc :--Gif gé (the Israelites) gehealdaþ hálige láre, gé gesittaþ sigeríce beórselas beorna, Cd. Th. 213, 34 ; Exod. 562. [Ger. sieg-reich.]

sige-róf ; adj. Of victorious energy, triumphantly active. (1) applied to a warrior or to a king :--Sigeróf kyning (Hrothgar), Beo. Th. 1243 ; B. 619 : (Constantine), Elen. Kmbl. 315 ; El. 158 : 141 ; El. 70. Wæ-acute;ron Rómware secgas sigerófe, 93 ; El. 47 : Judth. Thw. 24, 8 ; Jud. 177. (2) without reference to battle :--Mín yldra fæder sigeróf sægde, fród fyrnwiota, Elen. Kmbl. 873 ; El. 437. Sigerófne (St. Andrew), Andr. Kmbl. 2451 ; An. 1227. Gesæ-acute;ton sigerófe . . . ræ-acute;dþeahtende, Elen. Kmbl. 1732 ; El. 868. Sigerófra (the saints in glory), Lchdm. i. 390, 4. (3) applied to the Deity :--Éce Dryhten, sigeróf settend, Exon. Th. 188, 17 ; Az. 47.

sige-sceorp, es ; n. Triumphal apparel, Exon. Th. 341, 16 ; Gn. Ex. 127.

sige-síþ, es ; m. A victorious expedition or journey :--Oft dæ-acute;dlata dóme foreldit sigisítha gahuem generally the dilatory man is too late for glory, for every successful undertaking, Txts. 152, 9.

sige-spéd, e ; f. Triumphant faculty, ability that gains its ends :--Ðé God sealde sáwle sigespéd and snyttro cræft God hath given thee effectual power of soul and wisdom's art, Elen. Kmbl. 2341 ; El. 1172. Ic on ðé oncnáwe wísdómes gewit, sigespéd geseald, Andr. Kmbl. 1291 ; An. 646. v. sigor-spéd.

sige-tác[e]n, es ; n. A sign of victory :--Ðæt hálige sigetácen (the cross), Blickl. Homl. 97, 13. Hé sigetácen sende misit signa, Ps. Th. 134, 9. v. sigor-tác[e]n, sige-beác[e]n.

sige-þeód, e ; f. A victorious people, a powerful people :--Hyne gesóhton on sigeþeóde hearde hildefrecan, Beo. Th. 4415 ; B. 2204 : Exon. 473, 23 ; Bo. 19. Sigeþeóda (the victorious Goths), Met. 1, 4. Secgeaþ his wuldor geond sigeþeóde (inter gentes), Ps. Th. 95, 3.