Sige-wíf

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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sige-wíf

n. Grimm supposes this word may be a general denomination of wise women, D. M. 402 ; the passage in which it occurs is a charm, where it is addressed to bees when swarming :--Sittaþ gé, sigewíf, sígaþ tó eorþan, Lchdm. i. 384, 24. sige-wif