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† ˈsenye Obs.
Forms: 1 seᵹ(e)n, seng, seiᵹn, seᵹin, 3 seine, 4 seigne, seyne, 5 senge, synge; Vocabs. 5 seny(e, ceny, senny, sene; 6 senye; Sc. 5 seyne, senyhe, senȝe, seinye, 6 senȝie, seinȝe.
[App. of mixed origin: the OE. seᵹn (ad. L. signum sign n.) seems to have coalesced in early ME. with an aphetic form of enseigne, asseigne, ensign n.]
1. A military banner or standard = ensign n. 5.
Beowulf 2958 Þa wæs æht boden Sweona leodum, seᵹn Hiᵹelace. c900tr. Bæda's Hist. iii. ix. [xi.] (1890) 184 His seᵹen, se wæs mid golde & mid godwebbe gefrætwad. c1275Lay. 9282 Nam he his seine and his sceald briþte. c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 5468 Waster non þat wolde hym feyne Whan þey sey þe kynges seigne. Ibid. 10024 Arthurr dide his folk abide, To arme þem, & til ordeyne Whylk schuld go, & wyþ whilk seyne.
2. A distinguishing mark, emblem, token. in seyn that, to signify that.
a1000Cædmon's Gen. 2370 Abraham..sette friðotacen..on his selfes sunu, heht þæt seᵹn weᵹan heah ᵹehwilcne, þe his hina wæs wæpnedcynnes. a1375Joseph Arim. 197 Þis makeþ, quod þe wiht, þe marke of gold; And þis saues, quaþ þat wiht, þe seyne of seluer. a1400Morte Arth. 2055 He drissede in a derfe schelde,..With a dragone engowschede..Deuorande a dolphyne..In seyne that oure soueraygne sulde be distroyede. c1400Destr. Troy 3108 Then Parys pertly proffert a seigne, For to telle his entent. c1425Wyntoun Orig. Cron. v. iii. 433 (Cott.) A Roman..gat on þat seyne [v.rr. senyhe, senȝe] Þat Brettownys bar; syne can he feyne Hym a Brettowne for to be. c1440York Myst. ix. 290 Þus has god..Sette his senge [sc. the rainbow]..Vppe in þe Ayre of heght. c1470Henryson Mor. Fab. xi. (Wolf & Sheep) xvii, Ye gart me schute behind; Vpoun my hoichis the seinyeis may be sene. c1470Henry Wallace ix. 170 The Rede Reiffar..Held out a gluff, in takyn off the trew. His men beheld, and weyll that senȝe knew.
3. A battle-cry, rallying cry = ensign n. 1.
1508Dunbar Flyting 139 Corrupt carioun, he sall I cry thy senȝie. a1510Douglas K. Hart i. 222 Thai cryit on hicht thair seinȝe wounder lowde. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. (Rolls) II. 78 Syne loud on hicht he cryit hes his seinȝe, With that ane flicht of mony fleand ganȝe.
4. A book-marker.
c1440Promp. Parv. 453/1 Seny, of a boke, indula.
5. A token or tally used by innkeepers.
c1440Promp. Parv. 66/2 Ceny, or tokyn of an in or ostrye, texera. Ibid. 453/1 Senye, of an inne or ostrye, texera.
6. A signboard.
1569Reg. Privy Council Scot. II. 33 Certane of the Baillies..of Edinburgh..brak and kaist doun, senyeis of wyne, expres aganis all ordour, the said Cannongait being..evir in possessioun of selling of wyne. |