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swígan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
swígan, p. de.
to be silent
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  • God ná swígeþ

    Deus non silebit,

      Ps. Spl. 49, 3.
  • Stiórdon him menigo ðætte hé suígde (

    ut taceret

    ),
      Mk. Skt. Lind. 10, 48.
  • Ðú bist suígende (swígende,

      Rush.), Lk. Skt. Lind. 1, 20.
  • Geót swígende ðæt blód on yrnende wæter,

      Lchdm. ii. 76, 14: 140, 26: 290, 26: 292, 25.
  • Ðæt eall swígende gedó,

      104, 10.
  • Swígende (suígende,

      Hatt. MS.) hé
    é stefne se dígla Déma gehírde, Past. 4; Swt. 38, 16-20: Blickl. Homl. 7, 16.
  • Þú ána hí swígende tǽlst

    thou alone by thy silence dost blame her,

      Ap. Th. 16, 21.
  • Hé oft ána sæt swígende múðe

    saepe solus residens ore tacito,

      Bd. 2, 9; S. 512, 13.
  • Ðæt ánra manna gehwylc sceáwige hine sylfne swígende móde,

      Blickl. Homl. 57, 34.
to become silent from astonishment; stupere.
v. swígung,
, swíge, III
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  • Swígdon ł styldon

    stupebant,

      Mk. Skt. Lind. 1, 22.
  • Stylton ł suígdon,

      6, 51.
  • Suígdon (swígdon,

      Rush.), 10, 32.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. swígén silere, reticere: Ger. schweigen.]
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v. for- (Ðeáh hé hit silf forswíge, his gegirla hine geswutelaþ,
    Ap. Th. 14, 3), ge- (see ge-swígde, -on, given under geswígian), óþ-swígan; swigian.
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