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Swíþ-hún

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Swíþ-hún, es; m.
St. Swithin, bishop of Winchester, in which see he succeeded Helmstan, who died 852.
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  • In one MS. of the A. S. Chronicle, under the year 861, is the entry

    Hér forðférde S. Swíðún biscop,

    • Erl. 71, 20
    ; but in a charter of 863, Swíðhún episcopus is given as one of the witnesses, v.
    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 117, 22.
    The name occurs often in the same connection in previous years [For an account of him see Earle's Gloucester Fragments, and for the complete homily of which a fragment is given in that work, see
    • Homl. Skt. vol. i. No. 21
    ]
  • :--

    Ðes Swýðún wæs bisceop on Winceastre,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 21, 14.

  • Se árwurða Swýðún (Swíðhún

    ,
    • Gloucester Frg.
    ),
    • 23.

  • Æt Swýðúnes (Swíðhúnes,

    • G. F.
    ) byrgene,

    • 98.

  • Se smið andwyrde ðam árwurðan Swýðúne (Swíðhúne

    ,
    • G. F
    ),
    • 29.
  • ¶ For the name where there is no reference to the saint,

    ðæt suíðhúnincglond

    ,
    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 243, 10.

    Ab aquilone habens terminum suuealuue fluminis, a plaga oriente suíðhúninglond, a parte occidentali ealhfleót, ab austro sighearding méduue ond eac suíth-húninglond,

    • 250, 9-12.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “Swíþ-hún.” 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/29863.

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