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Old English Dictionary Entry

Secga

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1 secga

m. One who says or tells, an informant :--Ne ic nán sóðre wát, búte swá mín secga mé sǽde, L. O. 4 ; Th. i. 180, 12. [Þer weore segge (or from seg a man (?). The other MS. has gleomenne) songe, Laym. 5109. Cf. O. Sax. O. H. Ger. sago : O. Frs. sega, in compounds.] secga
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛖᚳᚷᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Ger.
German
L.
Latin
O. Frs.
Old Frisian
O. H. Ger.
Old High German
O. Sax.
Old Saxon

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