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swégan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
swégan, p. de
Wright's OE grammar
§530;
To sound.
to make a noise,
with the idea of movement, to move violently with noise, to roar, rush, crash
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  • Ðonne swéiþ

    cum insonuerit,

    • Kent. Gl. 12
      • .

  • Heora fyðera swégaþ swá swá wæteres dyne,

    • Wulfst. 200, 15.

  • Æt ðam forman gedelfe swégde út ormǽte wyllspring,

    • Homl. Th. i. 562, 14.

  • Swégde swíðlíc wind of ðam wéstene,

    • ii. 450, 18.

  • Ða wæterburnan swégdon and urnon,

    • Dóm. L. 3: Ps. Spl. 45, 3.

  • Ærðan ðe ðæt scearpe swurd swége tó his hneccan

    descend with a crash upon his neck,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 19, 185.

  • Swégende

    tumultuans,

    • Hpt. Gl. 528, 43.

  • Com seó sǽfǽrlíce swégende,

    • Homl. Th. i. 566, 7.

  • Hé sette hine sylfne ongeán ðam swégendan líge

    ,
    • ii. 510, 8.

  • Hé ásende swǽgende fýr of heofonum,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 2, 260.
without the idea of movement
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  • Swégþ

    tinnit,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 22
      • ;
    • Zup. 128, 16.

  • Swagoþ (swégaþ? v. swég, I.) ða eáran.

    • Lchdm. iii. 88, 5.

  • Se heáf swégde geond ealle ða ceastre,

    • Ap. Th. 6, 10.

  • Ðæt ne sace óga on swége

    ne litis horror insonet

    ,
    • Hymn. Surt. 9, 12.
with a personal subjec
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  • Drihten swégþ

    Dominus tonabit,

    • Cant. An. 10.

  • God swégde

    Deus intonuit,

    • Ps. Spl. 28, 3: Ps. Lamb. 17, 14.
of regulated, modulated sound, of speech, tone, music
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  • Swégþ eádmódnys on his stemne,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 374. 11.

  • Consonantes, ðæt is samodswégende, forðan ðe hí swégaþ mid ðám fíf clypiendlícum,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 2
      • ;
    • Zup. 5, 17.

  • Fæder stemn swégde ðus cweðende,

    • Homl. Th. i. 104, 24 : ii. 242, 8.

  • Seó stefn ðinre grétinge swégde on mínum eárum,

    • 202, 17.

  • Heora bodunge swég swégde geond eall.

    • Homl. Ass. 56, 144.

  • Swégde

    increpuerit (musica ),

    • Hpt. Gl. 445, 17
      • .

  • Óþ ðæt ðæt forme tácn undernes swége,

    • Anglia xiii. 432, 953.

  • Hwylc bóc is ðæt ðæt ne clypige and swége,

    • R. Ben. 133, 6
    ,

  • Ðé úre stefn ǽrest swége

    (sonet,)

    • Hymn. Surt. 7, 25,

  • Accentus, ðæt is swég, on hwilcum stæfgefége ǽlc word swégan sceal,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 50, 13
      • ;
    • Zup. 290, 17.

  • Sí swéged óþer tácn,

    • Anglia xiii. 380, 215.
to signify
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  • Gregorius is Grécisc nama, se swéigþ on Lédenum gereorde Uigilantius,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 118, 12.

  • Biscop sceal beón ealle ofersceáwigende, swá swá his nama swégþ,

    • ii. 320, 7, 12.

  • Swégeþ,

    • L. Ælfc. P. 37
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 378, 28.
Etymology
[
Goth. swógjan to groan.
]
Similar entries
v. swógan.
Linked entries
v.  on-swégan swagoþ swéging.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “swégan.” 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/29612.

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