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sumsende

  • adjective
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humming, sounding (of falling rain)
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  • Hí (

    the storm-clouds

    ) feallan lǽtaþ sweart sumsendu (suinsendu? v. swinsian) seáw of bósme, wǽtan of wontbe,
      Exon. Th. 385, 19; Rä. 4, 47.
Etymology
[Ger. summen, sumsen to hum, buzz.]
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