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sweger

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
sweger, swegr, e; f.
A mother-in-law
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  • Sueger

    socrus,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 68.
  • Sweger, i. 52, 8.
  • Sweger, swegr,

      Ælfc. Gr. 11; Zup. 79, 18.
  • Swegr (suegir,

      Lind.) on hyre snore, and snoru on hyre swegere (swegre, MS. A., Rush.: suoegir. Lind.), Lk. Skt. 12, 53. Maria is Godfæder snoru and Godes suna módur and háligra sáuwla sweger, Shrn. 118, 7.
  • Sweger

    socrum,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 72, 51.
  • Ða geseah hé Petres swegre (swægre,

      Rush.
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  • Snore ongén hyre swégre (swegran,

      MS. A.: swer, Lind.), 10, 35.
  • Swegere,

      Deut. 27, 23.
Etymology
[O.H. Ger. swigar: Ger. schwieger-mutter. Cf. Goth. swaihró.]
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v.  sweór.
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