sigalum

sigalum [LL sigala < CL secale; cf. OF se(i)gle, soi(g)le] 1 kind of grain, rye (Secale cereale). 1209 de xv quar. de toto exitu ~i Pipe Wint. 70; 1212 tenet ‥ pro j quarterio de ~o Fees 115; 1234 triturabit cotidie unum bussellum frumenti vel ~i ‥ vel duos bussellos ordei Cust. Glast. 65; v quarteria ‥ pisarum et ~i FormMan 17; vendebatur j quarterium de sigulo in Norfolch pro xlj d. Chr. Hen. VI & Ed. IV 159; hoc ~um, A. rye WW; ry, sagalum [v. l. sigalum]; sigalinus, sigaliceus, sigaleus participia; [v. l. adds: ciligo] CathA; 1518 decimas frumenti, ordei, ~i, avenarum, fabarum KR Eccl. 19/17. 2 (in gl., identified, assoc., or conf. w. siligo). siligo, i. sagala Gl. Laud. 1332; in granario ‥ [sint] diverse teche frumenti sive tritici, ordei, siliginis [gl.: segle; v. l. sigalli ‥ sigali, gl.: seg(g)le], vel avene, vel lollii Neckam Ut. 106; ry ‥ [v. l. ~um ‥ ciligo] CathA (v. 1 supra).