Singan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - singan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

singan
I 1 a. add: (α) of the reciting of a charm :-- Þis gebed man sceal singan on ðá blacan blegene, Lch. iii. 40, 8: 42, 7: 294, 7. (β) of playing on an instrument :-- Wé sungon eów be hearpan and ge ne saltadun cantavimus uobis tibiis, et non saltastis, Lk. 7, 32. I 3. add :-- Man ledde tó his breóstum bráde ísene clútas swíðe glówende ꝥ hit sang ongeán, Hml. S. 37, 163.

Related words: under-singan; lof-singende. singan

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