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sugu

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
sugu, e: sú, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§111; §320;
A sow
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  • Sugu scroffa, Ælfc. Gr. 7; Zup. 25, 7:

    scrofa,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 73: 286, 46: ii. 120, 7.
  • Sió sugu hí wille sylian on hire sole,

      Past. 54, 1; Swt. 419. 27.
  • Suge

    scrofe,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 14.
  • Suge sweard

    vistula,

      124, 1.
  • Mé (

    a badger

    ) on bæce standaþ her swylce sweon leorum (= hǽr swilce súe on hleórum, Grein) hlifiaþ tú eáran ofer eágum,
      Exon. Th. 396, 13; Rá. 16, 4.
Etymology
[A. R. suwe: Ayenb. zoȝe: Chauc. Piers P. Wick. sowe: Du. zog: Swed. sugga: O. H. Ger. sú: Ger. sau: Icel. sýr; acc. sú: Dan. so.]
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v. gefearh-sugu.
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