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sigel

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Searchable Lemmata: sigl, sigel, sigil, sigle.
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    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) Accessory; various kinds of decorative jewellery; in various glosses equated with brooches, clasps etc.(circa 1000)
1. Fibula : sigel ł hringe, fifele. [DOE ClGl 1 (Stryker) (2450 (2473))]
2. Fibula scilicet dicta quod ligat : cnæp sigl spennels. Gloss. [DOE HlGl (Oliphant) (3220 (F319))]
3. Bulla : sigel. Gloss. It is possible that here the word means 'seal'; see discussion at bulla. [DOE ClGl 1 (Stryker) (0676 (698))]
4. Bulla gemma flumen : sigl. [DOE HlGl (Oliphant) (0251 (B411))]
5. Sibba : siglThis instance is most doubtful. See discussion at sibba. [DOE CorpGl 2 (Hessels) (7223 (17.319))]
6. Him wæs ful boren ond freondlaþu wordum bewægned, ond wunden gold estum geeawed, earmreade twa, hrægl ond hringas, healsbeaga mæst þara þe ic on foldan gefrægen hæbbe. Nænigne ic under swegle selran hyrde hordmaððum hæleþa, syþðan Hama ætwæg to <þære> byrhtan byrig Brosinga mene, sigle ond sincfæt; searoniðas <fleah> Eormenrices, geceas ecne ræd. Heroic, Poetic. [DOE Beo (0334-355 (1192-1201)) ante 1025]
7. Ne beoð þær forð borene sigele ne beagas ne heora heafodgold to ðam sigedeman. [DOE HomS 40.1 (Nap 49) (0018 (66))]
8. Þa heo hine ða bihygdelice & geornlice sohte, þa gemette heo semninga under hire hrægle gyldne sigele swiðe deorwyrðe. [DOE Bede 4 (0522 (24.336.33))]
c.f.: bull, fibula
OE.
Sex: Male, Female    Ceremonial: No
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    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, Old English, probably from a Germanic borrowing of Latin sigillum 'small picture, engraving', a diminutive of signum 'sign'; cf. OHG sigilla, segele 'necklace'. The Latin word continued into French as seil, seel > Middle English seal 'sign affixed to a document, token, symbol'. Old English sigel generally did not have this meaning, which in OE was instead borne by insigel 'seal, impression' > Middle English inseil (see OED inseil n.). Cf. discussion at bull.
WF: Borrowed into the British Isles
Etym Cog: sigillium, sigli.
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