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for-swígian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
for-swígian, -sweógian, -swúgian, -súwian, -súgian, -sýgian, to -swígianne, -swígienne; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed.
v. trans.
To pass over in silence, keep silent, conceal; sĭlentio prætĕrire
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  • Betwih ðás þing nis to forswigianne, hwylc heofonlíc wundor and mægen ætýwed wæs, ðá his bán gefunden and geméted wǽron

    inter quæ nequaquam sĭlentio prætereundum reor, quid virtūtis ac mīrācŭli cælestis fuĕrit ostensum, cum ossa ejus inventa sunt,

    • Bd. 3, 11
      • ;
    • S. 535, 9.

  • Nis us ðonne se hlísa to forswígienne

    nec sĭlentio prætereunda opīnio,

    • 2, 1
      • ;
    • S. 501, 1.

  • Forswíged yrfe-bóc [MS. -bec]

    suppressum testāmentum,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 13
      • ;
    • Som. 57, 104
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 20, 43.
v. intrans.
To be silent; retĭcēre
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  • He rícum mannum nó for áre ne for ege nǽfre forswígian wolde

    nunquam dīvĭtĭbus hŏnōris sīve tĭmōris grātia retĭcēbat,

    • Bd. 3, 5
      • ;
    • S. 527, 10.
Etymology
[
Ger. ver-schweigen to pass over in silence.
]
Linked entries
v.  for-sweógian for-swúgian for-sýgian.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “for-swígian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/11778.

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