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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1420, 1500-1699
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Seg(g, n. Also: segge, sege, seig. [ME and e.m.E. segge (a1250), seg (1538), e.m.E. sedge (c1590), segg (1594), OE secg (cf. Sage n.3): Cf. also MLG segge, segghe (Schiller-Lübben) and Du. zegge.] Sedge; a sedge. Also attrib.(1) 1634 Wedderburn Gramm. 15.
Carex, the wild seg 1500-1699 Herbarius Latinus Annot. iiii (Bot.).
Acorus, seggis(2) c1420 Ratis Raving 1135.
To mak … of a seg a swerd of were(3) 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 42/30.
Than the scheiphyrdis vyuis cuttit raschis and seggis 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 67/6.
I sau mony grene seggis, that ar gude to prouoke the flouris of vemen 1616 Master of Works Accounts (ed.) II 19.
For tuentie sewin burdein of seggis to be brachames to the horse 1638 Pittenweem Ann. 27.
He sall cut the haill seggs in the myre 1657 Balfour Ann. IV 114.
One ane old bolster aboue a matte of segges and rushes(4) coll. 1660–1 Aberd. Shore Wk. Acc. 467.
24 burdens seg to the clouss … 5 s. ilk on [£6](5) attrib. 1500-1699 Herbarius Latinus Annot. iiii (Adv.).
Segruttis, seg rutis, seigruitis
b. attrib. Sege feddir, ? the seed head of the sedge plant or rush used (comically) as a feather to decorate a helmet.a1568 Bannatyne MS 107b/32.
Schir Allanis hewmond is ane cop With ane sege feddir in his top
