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† siȝe Obs.
Also 3 syȝe, sy, si.
[OE. siᵹe, = OFris. si, OS. sigi (MLG. and MDu. sege, Du. zege), OHG. sigi, sigo, sigu (MHG. sige, G. sieg), Goth. sigis. OE. had also siᵹor, = ON. sigi (Sw. seger, Da. sejr).]
1. Victory in battle or conflict.
c893K. ælfred Oros. i. ix. 42 Þa Cretense hæfdon þone grimlecan siᵹe. a1122O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.) an. 1066, Se Norrena cyng ahte siᵹes ᵹeweald. c1175Lamb. Hom. 13 Ah ic eou ȝife siȝe and streinþe þet ȝe maȝen ower feond ouer cumen. c1200Ormin 11421 To winnenn siȝe & oferrhannd Off himm þurrh Cristess hellpe. c1205Lay. 16199 Þa heo iseȝen þat heo siȝen næfden. Ibid. 17409 Heo swunken ful swiðe ah næfden heo syȝe.
2. A position of victory or triumph.
a1200St. Marher. 123 Ther ha schineth seoueuald schenre then the sunne i si ant i selhthe. a1225Juliana 11 (Bodl. MS.), Sei me hwi þu forsakest þy sy & ti selhðe.
3. Comb., as siȝe-craft; siȝe-fast adj.
See also sigalder and sigaldry. A large number of combs. occur in OE. texts.
c900tr. Baeda's Hist. ii. ix. 124 He siᵹefæst swa eft ham ferde. 971Blickl. Hom. 167 Eallum Godes halᵹum he is sigefæstra & ᵹecorenra. c1200Ormin 16958 Þatt lede þatt iss siȝȝefasst. c1205Lay. 15501 Þe king..bad heom..fondien þat soðe mid heore siȝe-craften, whær on hit weore ilong [etc.]. |