Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.), Prov. Eng. The hedge sparrow.
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Examples
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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 Joseph Hall
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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 Joseph Hall
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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 Joseph Hall
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Lespedeza (wild clover) in Lincoln County is rooting out the segge and crab-grass.
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As locals would say, the country is "a béka segge alatt" and sinking.
Pestiside.hu 2009
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As locals would say, the country is "a béka segge alatt" and sinking.
Pestiside.hu 2009
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As locals would say, the country is "a béka segge alatt" and sinking.
Pestiside.hu 2009
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_ 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 Joseph Hall
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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 Joseph Hall
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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 Joseph Hall
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