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praesagmen

praesagmen [CL praesagire+-men, cf. 4 praesagium, AS saga, sagu] 1 utterance, what is uttered. c675 sacrosancta potissimum ~ina refutatis philosophorum commenticiis legito Aldh. Ep. 3; †959 ego Æthelredrus rex dulci voce voluntatis ~ine in honore Dei hoc donum dedisse videbar CS 1351. 2 foretelling. b portending, presaging. †675 Domini ~ina nostris tandem temporibus comprobentur impleri (Ch.) W. Malm. GP V 199 (= Reg. Malm. I 280); ~imen, presagatio ‥ divinatio Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 484.  b Redemptoris passionem misticis ~inibus [gl.: vaticiniis, expositionibus presciis vel divinationibus presciis futurorum, sagum vel witegun] portenderat Aldh. VirgP 23; superna Dei vatem praesagmina ditem / caelitus implebant, ut nosset clausa latebris Id. VirgV 304.

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