Ge-segnian
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-segnian
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- ge-segnian
- Add: (l) to make the sign of the cross upon anything in token of blessing or consecration, cross :-- Hé him gebæd and hine gesegnode (-sénode, ) mid Crístes róde tácne signans se signo sanctae crucis. Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 491, 3. Gisægna hine consigna eum, Rtl. 120, 7. Men geségon cuman fægre hand of heofonum and gesegnian þæs húses duru, Shrn. 71, 7. Hí gesáwon ꝥ hé wæs gemearcod mid þý gerýne Crístes róde tácnes, þá cwǽdon hí: 'Þis is ǽmtig fæt and gesegnod (signatum),' Gr. D. 190, 3. (2) without reference to the cross, to dedicate, offer :-- Swá hwylc man swá feóndum gesénodne (immolatum) mete þicgeð, Ll. Th. ii. 156, 17. [O.H.Ger. ge-seganón benedicere. j v. un-gesegnod. ge-segnian