sigel

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.jel/
• Rhymes: -i.jel

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Possibly an alteration (due to siġel "jewel", see Etymology 2) of a term from Proto-West Germanic *sawili, derived from the oblique stem of Proto-West Germanic *sōl (“sun”).

Alternative forms

• Siġel
• seġl, sæġl, syġel, siġil

Noun

siġel n

1. the sun
2. the runic character ᛋ (/s, z/)
   • June, 1967, Frederick George Jones, Jr., The Old English Rune Poem, an Edition, Gainesville, Florida: Univerity of Florida, Ph.D. dissertation, page 75:

     ᛋ sēmannum symble biþ on hihte...

     Sun is ever the hope of seamen...

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	siġel	siġel
accusative	siġel	siġel
genitive	siġles	siġla
dative	siġle	siġlum

Derived terms

• siġelbeorht
• Siġelhearwa
• siġelhweorfa
• siġeltorht
• Siġelwaras
• Siġelware

Related terms

• sōl
• sunne
• sweġel

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *sigil, from Latin sigillum.

Alternative forms

• siġil, siġl

Noun

siġel n

1. clasp, button, brooch
2. jewel, gem

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	siġel	siġel
accusative	siġel	siġel
genitive	siġles	siġla
dative	siġle	siġlum

Related terms

• inseġel
• insiġle
• siġle (“necklace”)

Swedish

Noun

sigel n

1. obsolete form of sigill