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swógan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
swógan, p. sweóg; pp. swógen.
Wright's OE grammar
§519;
to make a sound, move with noise, rush, roar (of wind, water, flame)
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  • Swógaþ windas, bláwaþ brecende bearhtma mǽste,

      Exon. Th. 59, 10; Cri. 950.

  • Frætwe míne (

    a swan

    ) swógaþ hlúde,
      390, 7; Rä. 8, 7.

  • Drihten lét willeburnan on woruld þringan, égorstreámas swógan,

      Cd. Th. 83, 5; Gen. 1375.

  • Fýr swógende,

      154, 17; Gen. 2557.

  • Swógende lég,

      Beo. Th. 6282; B. 3145.

  • Swógende

    strepente,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 72.

  • Ðǽm swógendum, hleóðregendum

    argutis,

      5, 36: 86, 74.
fig. to move with violence, enter with force, invade. v. in-swógenness
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  • Ðæt nǽnig bisceop óþres bisceopscíre on swóge

    ut nullus episcoporum parochiam alterius invadat,

      Bd. 4, 5; S. 572, 32.
Etymology
[Þe soun of our souerayn þen swey in his ere, Allit. Pms. 104, 429. Cf. the noun in Mid. E. swoughe, swoghe = noise, e. g. of the see he herde a swoghe (Halliwel's Dict. q. v.), modern sough of the wind. But both verb and noun are used in the sense of swoon; for the verb v. geswógen, and as later instances swowinde, A. R. 288, 25; he feol iswowen (-swoȝe, 2nd MS.), Laym. 3074: for the noun see Stratmann and Halliwell. O. Sax. swógan Swógan quam engil, faran an feðerhamon,
    Hél. 5798.
]
Similar entries
v. á-, ofer-, þurh-swógan; swégan.
Linked entries
v.  swégan on-swógan ge-swógen in-swógenness.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “swógan.” 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/29889.

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