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Old English Dictionary Entry

Sige-leán

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1 sige-leán

n. A reward of victory, prize, palm :--Sigeleán l 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 wǽpenhete sigeleán sécan, Apstls. Kmbl. 161 ; Ap. 81. Éce líf, sélust sigeleána, Elen. Kmbl. 1051 ; El. 527. [Goth. sigis-laun bravium.]
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Runic Inscription

ᛋᛁᚷᛖ-ᛚᛖᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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El.
Elene (OE poem by Cynewulf)
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