segnian

== Old English == === Alternative forms === sēnian === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *segnōną, from Latin signō. Cognate with Dutch zegenen and German segnen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsej.ni.ɑn/ Rhymes: -ej.ni.ɑn === Verb === seġnian to mark the sign of the cross; bless, consecrate ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== seġnung f (“blessing, consecration”) ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: sainen, seinen, senen, sinen, signen Scots: sain English: sain === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “seġnian”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.