sigebeacen
, sige + beacen.
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1(n.)
Textile;
a victory beacon or sign. While famously used to describe a cross (in the OE poem The Dream of the Rood), the term is also used to describe banners.(circa 1000)
2. Forstæppað sigebeacnu þæs kyncges scinð gerynu rode on ðam gealgan wæs ahangen scyppend flæsces mid flæsce : Prodeunt vexilla regis, fulget mysterium crucis, quo patibulo suspensus est conditor carnis carne .
[DOE HyGl 3 (Gneuss) (0324 (67.1.1))]
3. & dona mihi indulgentiam & remissionem omnium peccatorum ac custodi me, domine, in posterum per vexillum sanctę crucis ab inlusionibus fantasmaticis satan & perducę me ad vitam ęternam & syle me forgyfenesse & forlætenesse ealra synna & geheald me drihten heononforð þurh sigebeacn haligre rode fram bigswicum scinncræftiges & gelæd <me> to þam ecean life.
[DOE ArPrGl 1 (Holt-Campb) (0022 (12.3))]
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Definite, Transparent OE compound sige + beacen
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