Sigel-hearwa

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - sigel-hearwa

According to the Old English Dictionary:

(Síl-), an ;

Sigel-hearwa
m. An Ethiopian :--Se deófol wearþ æteówod swylce ormǽte Sílhearwa, Homl. Th. i. 466, 24. Hé him ætýwde micelne Sigelhearwan, ðæm wæs seó onsýn sweartre ðonne hrúm, Shrn. 120, 24. Twegen blace Sílhearwan, Homl. Th. ii. 496, 17 : Homl. Skt. i. 4, 285. Sigylhearwan (Sielhearwæn, MS. T.) Aethiopes, Ps. Spl. 71, 9. Sigel-hearwena (Sýl-, Ps. Spl.) folc, Ps. Surt. 73, 14 : ii. p. 189, 36. Ethiopia, ðæt is ðæra Sílhearwena ríce. Homl. Th. ii. 472, 13 : i. 454, 12. Ðæra Sílhearwena land terra Aethiopiae, Gen. 2, 13. Síllhearewena (Sílhearwena, MSS. R. P.) land. Lchdm. iii. 258, 18. Ðú sealdest Sigelhearwan (-as, MS.) tó móse dedisti in escam populo Aethiopum, Ps. Th. 73, 14. Cf. Sigel-waras. sigel-hearwa
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