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swinsian

  • verb [ weak ]
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swinsian, p. ode
To make a (pleasing) sound, make melody or music
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  • Se fugel swinsaþ and singeþ swegle tógeánes

    incipit illa sacri modulamina fundere cantus, et mira lucem voce ciere novam,

      Exon. Th. 206, 9; Ph. 124: 207, 11; Ph. 140.
  • Swinsaþ sibgedryht swéga mǽste,

      239, 8 ; Ph. 618.
  • On psalterio ðe him swynsaþ oft

    on the psaltery that oft makes music to him.

      Ps. Th. 143, 10.
  • Frætwe míne

    (the swan's)

    swinsiaþ, torhte singaþ,
      Exon. Th. 390, 8 ; Rä. 8, 7 : 55, 17 ; Cri. 885.
  • Wit song áhófan hlúde bi hearpan, hleóþor swinsade,

      325, 2 ; Víd. 105: 353, 47 ; Reim. 29.
  • Ðǽr wæs hæleþa hleahtor, hlyn swynsode (

    a cheerful sound arose),

    word wǽron wynsume,
      Beo. Th. 1227; B. 611.
  • Sǽ swinsade the sea made its music (but see swinsung,
), Elen. Kmbl. 479 ; El. 240. Hearpan hlyn, swinsigende swég, Cd. Th. 66, 8; Gen. 1081.
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