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sigle1 (1155)
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sigle1 (1155)

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segle,  sicle,  siegle,  siggle  
  FEW:  segl 17,64b Gdf:  sigle 7,423b GdfC: ∅ TL: sigle 9,646 DEAF:  sigle  DMF:  sigle  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

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1ship.sail, fabric fastened to the mast of a ship to catch the wind and propel the vessel: 
( 1190-93; MS: s.xiv1 )  Chescun mariner de l’esnecke Forment le sigle desanecke  S Edm Life ANTS 1378
( 1190-1210; MS: c.1300 )  Lur sigles treiunt sus al vent  Waldef BB 4182
( s.xivin; MS: s.xiv1 )  En une neif sanz vitayl E sanz sigle e governayl  boz Three Saints 46.42
2sail, fabric fastened to the frame of a windmill to catch the wind: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  quanqe est cause de la mort, [...] sicom cheval, charette, [...] molin sigles e roes  Mir Just 31
a, au sigle
ship.sailing, at sail: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Port ne rive ne puent prendre, Mal unt a sigle e mal a nage  Brut WACE 4259
( 1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  O tu Fortune a marage, Ore es tout coye au sigle et nage  GOWER Mirour 22106
drescer sigle
ship.to hoist a sail: 
( MS: s.xii4/4 )  La nef fu prest [...]. Drecent lur sigle laissent curre en mer  S Alexis2 79
lever (sun etc.) sigle
lever1

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See also:

sigler 
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