Sigel-beorht

Old English Dictionary Entry

Sigel-beorht

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 sigel-beorht

adj. I. sun-bright, bright with the sun, sunny :--Wintres dæg sigelbeorhtne genimþ hærfest mid herige hrímes and snáwes winter's day takes captive sunny autumn with its army of frost and snow, Menol. Fox 404 ; Men. 203. Bringþ sigelbeorhte dagas sumor tó túne, 175 ; Men. 89. II. bright as the sun :--Sitt sigelbeorht swegles brytta on heáhsetle ille sedens solio fulget sublimis in alto, Dóm. L. 117. [Icel. sól-bjartr.] Cf. sigel-torht. sigel-beorht

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛁᚷᛖᛚ-ᛒᛇᚱᚻᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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