singal

Meaning

1. constant, continuous; perpetual

   Hine gedrehte singal slæpleast, swa þæt he þurhwacole niht buton slæpe adreah; and gif hé hwon hnáppode, ðærrihte hine drehton nihtlice ġedwimor, swa þæt him ðæs slæpes ofþuhte.

   Constant sleeplessness afflicted him, so that he passed the whole night without sleep; and if he dozed a little, nightly phantoms immediately tormented him, so that he repented of his sleep.

   c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of the Innocents"

Declension