Definitions
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Zoöl.), Prov. Eng. The hedge sparrow.
Examples
“Juliene þe eadie ontswerede him ⁊ seide. ȝef he wule luuien. ⁊ leuen g ` o´dd. al mihti {;} þenne mei he [speoken] þrof. ⁊ speden inoh reaðe. for ȝef he þ̵ nule no {;} ich segge þe þ̵ soð is. ne schal he wiuen on me.”
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts
“Gif hwa wule witen hwa erest bi won reste þam wrecche saule to soþe ic eow segge. þet wes s {an} c {t} e paul þe apostel and mihhal þe archangel heo tweien eoden et sume time in {} to helle alswa heo {m} drihten het for to lokien hu hit þer ferde.”
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts
“Ne mai it neure no man oþer segge mid iwisse hu muchele murhðe habbet þo. þe beod inne godes blisse”
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts
“Lespedeza (wild clover) in Lincoln County is rooting out the segge and crab-grass.”
“As locals would say, the country is "a béka segge alatt" and sinking.”
“_ C | | wið na wepmo {n} | | 109. wið ute B | | leue | | Ne ga B | | noht | naut C | | 110. fere B | | ȝef C | | ho | ha C | | on C | | segge B”
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts
“Na mon ne leote ȝe in · ne þe ȝung {re} ne speoke wið namon bute leaue · ne ga ha nawt ut of tune : wið {} uten siker fere · ȝef hit swa mei beon {;} ne ne ligge ute. ȝef heo ne con oboke {;} segge bi pa {te} r”
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts
“Aft {er} mete alswa | marie. eft {er} mete alse C | | 154. a crede C | | mare B | | seggen | segge C | | fader sune B | | ⁊ _om. _ | | hali gast B | |”
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts
“_Ho quaþ_ with marks of inversion MS.] þu seyst þat ich me hude a {} day þar to ne segge ich nyk no nay”
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts
Lists
‘segge’ hasn't been added to any lists yet.
Tweets
Looking for tweets for segge.

Comments
No comments yet...
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.