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sweng

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
sweng, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§393; §419;
A blow, stroke
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  • Sweng

    ictus,

      Ælfc. Gr. 11; Zup. 79, 6.

  • Sweng oððe cnyssung

    ictus,

      43; Zup. 255, 3.

  • Eádweard ánne slóg swíþe mid his swurde, swenges ne wyrnde,

      Byrht. Th. 135, 15; By. 118.

  • Hé hond swenge ne ofteáh,

      Beo. Th. 3045; B. 1520.

  • Him for swenge swát ǽdrum sprong,

      5924; B. 2966: 5365; B. 2686.

  • Ic mé gúðbordes sweng gebearh,

      Cd. Th. 163, 5; Gen. 2693.

  • Weras him ondrédon for ðære dǽde Drihtnes handa, sweng (

    the stroke, i. e. the punishment threatened if Sara were not returned to Abraham ),

      161, 26; Gen. 2671.

  • Iacob swilt þrowode ðurg stenges sweng,

      Apostls. Kmbl. 143; Ap. 72.

  • Hé feorbwunde hleát sweordes swengum,

      Beo. Th. 4761; B. 2386.

  • Bord oft onféng ýða swengas

    oft the vessel's side received the billows' blows,

      Elen. Kmbl. 478; El. 239.
Etymology
[In later English the word is used in a metaphorical sense similar to that of stroke in modern English, and may be compared with M. H. Ger. swanc, swang a trick: Ger. schwank; cf. also Ger. streich = trick. To wrastlen aȝein þes deofles swenges, A. R. 80, 8. Ȝef ha etstonden wulleð mine unwreste wrenches ant mine swikele swenges, wrestlin ha moten wið ham seoluen, Marh. 14, 12. Ȝif tweie men goþ to wrastlinge . . . and þe on can swenges swiþe fele . . . and þe oþer ne can sweng bute ane, O. and N. 795. Cf. O. H. Ger. swanch swinging, stroke: M. H. Ger. swanc, swang: Ger. schwang.]
Similar entries
v. feorh-. heaðu-, heoru-, hete-, wæl-sweng.
Linked entries
v.  swinge.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “sweng.” 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/29663.

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