signifier, vt.
1. (avoir pour sens) behealdan (VF7) > a.m. behold ♦ betācnian (Vf2) > a.m. betoken ♦ (ge)mǣnan > a.m. mean, got. (ga)gamainjan, v.h.a. (gi)meinan > all.m. meinen {Vf1} v.s. (gi)mēnian, v.fr. mēna ♦ getācnian (Vf2) ♦ secg(e)an/sæcgan/sagian > a.m. say, v.n. segja, v.h.a. sagēn > all.m. sagen, v.s. seggian {Vf3}, v.fr. sega/sedsa (Vf1) ♦ swēgan (Vf).
2. (indiquer) gebīcnian/gebē(a)cnian/gebȳcnian > a.m. beckon (Vf2), v.h.a. gibauhnian, v.s. gibōknian ♦ gesweotolian/geswytelian/geswuteli(g)an/gesweot(u)lian/geswetelian (Vf2) ♦ (ge)tācnian (Vf2) > a.m. token, got. taiknjan (Vf1), v.n. tákna (Vf2), v.h.a. zeihhanan (Vf1), zeihhanōn (Vf2) > all.m. zeichnen ♦ mǣnan ← ♦ tǣcan > a.m. teach (Vf1).