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sworettung

  • noun [ feminine ]
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sworettung, e; f.
A deep drawing of the breath.
as a sign of trouble,
a sigh
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  • From sworetunge mínum

    a singultu meo,

      Rtl. 20, 27.
  • Heó mid wópe and mid teárum wæs geondgoten and longe sworetunge wæs teónde (

    suspiria longa trahens

    ),
      Bd. 4, 23; S. 596, 10.
  • Hé gemænigfealdode ða sworetunga ðám siccetungum,

      Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 201.
breathing hard from illness or labour,
gasping, panting
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  • Wið nearwre sworetunge,

      Lchdm. i. 340, 11.
  • Hé mid langre sworetunge ðæt orð of ðám breóstum teáh,

      Guthl. 20; Gdwin. 80, 13.
  • Hé wæs swíðe gewǽced on ðam langan geswince, and hé mid sworettungum wæs genyrwed,

      Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 770.
  • Betwih ða[m] untruman sworettuuga

    inter aegra suspiria,

      Bd. 3, 13; S. 538, 23.
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  • sworettung, n.