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swígung

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
swígung, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§615;
silence, absence of speech
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  • Hé (John the Baptist) ðam fæder (Zacharias ) ða stefne ágeaf, ðá se heáhengel mid ðære swígunge fæstnunga geband ðone fæder,

    • Blickl. Homl. 167, 11.

  • Hwanne besmát hine seó scyld ðære fealasprecolnesse? . . . oþþe hú sceþede him seó synn ðære swígunga?

    • 169, 7.

  • Mið suígunga

    cum silentio,

    • Rtl. 20, 15.

  • Swígunge,

    • Shrn. 41, 26.
silence, absence of noise
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  • Martha ceigde Mariam suiugunga (swíunga, Rush.) and cwoeð

    Martha vocavit Mariam silentio, dicens,

    • Jn. Skt. Lind. 11, 28.
a time of silence. v. swíge,II., and two preceding words
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  • Ðære swígunge

    conticinio,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 31: 20, 29.

  • In swígunge

    in conticinio,

    • 47, 46.
silence from astonishment, amazement. v. swígan,II., swíge, III
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  • Forstylton swígunge micelre

    obstupuerunt stupore maximo,

    • Mk. Skt. Rush. 5, 42.
delay, v. swíge, IV
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  • Suígiunc dóes hláferd mín

    moram facit dominus meus,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 24, 48.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. swígunga silentium.
]
Similar entries
v. ge-swígung.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “swígung.” 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/29801.

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