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ge-swígian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
ge-swígian, -swúgian; p. ode; pp. od.
to be silent
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  • Monig mon hæfþ ðone unþeáw, ðæt he ne can nyt sprecan ne ne can geswígian

    many a man has the bad habit, that he can say nothing to the purpose, nor yet hold his peace,

      Prov. Kmbl. 47.
  • Gif ðú geswúgian mihtest

    if thou couldst be silent,

      Bt. 18, 4; Fox 68, 4.
  • He gesuígde

    obmutuit,

      Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 22, 12.
  • Gesuígdon alle

    stupebant omnes,

      12, 23.
  • Ðá for ðæs bysceopes hálignysse geswígdon eall ða deófolgyld

    then on account of the bishop's holiness all the idols were silent,

      Shrn. 151, 31.
to pass over in silence; with the genitive
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  • Nelle ic lofes ðínes geswígian

    I will not pass over thy praise in silence,

      Ps. Th. 108, 1.
  • Sóþes geswúgedon

    were silent about the truth,

      Swt. A. S. Rdr. 111, 202.
  • Eác ic wille geswígian Tontolis and Philopes ðara scondlicestena spella

    nec mihi nunc enumerare opus est Tantali et Pelopis facta turpia, fabulas turpiores,

      Ors. 1, 8; Bos. 31, 24.
to silence
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  • Fugol biþ geswíged

    the bird is hushed,

      Exon. 58 a; Th. 207, 22; Ph. 145.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. gi-suígan, Grff. vi. 859-60: Ger. ge-schweigen to pass over in silence.]
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v.  ge-súgian ge-súwian ge-sweógian ge-swúgian.
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