Secg

Old English Dictionary Entry

Secg

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 secg

m. n. Sedge; carex, gladiolum, lisca:--Ðis secg (segc) haec carex, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 61; Zup. 69, 16. Segg, secg, saecg gladiolum, Txts. 66, 463. Sech carex, 50, 251. Seic, 115, 151. Secg, Wrt. Voc. ii. 13, 28. Segc, i. 79, 65. Segg, 67, 3. Secg gladiolum, ii. 40, 70. Segc, 70, 29. Secgg, i. 67, 55. Secg lisca, ii. 53, 45: carex vel sabium vel lisca) i. 31, 28. Endlefan snǽda reádes secges, Lchdm, ii. 102, 17. Handfulle secges, 356, 1. Wyl neoþoweardne secg, 52, 16: 66, 5.[Eolug-secg papyrus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 67, 58. Ilug-segg, Txts. 86, 781. See also eolhx, hamer-, mór-secgr Grein cites risc-seccas carices.] Cf. secg a sword. secg

Runic Inscription

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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