Sicet[t]ung

Old English Dictionary Entry

Sicet[t]ung

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: siccet[t]ung, e; Related words:

Definitions

1 sicet[t]ung

f. A sigh, sob, heavy or short breathing, sighing :-- Siccetung suspirium, Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 34. Siccitung singultus, 46, 19. Mé ðiós siccetung hafaþ ágǽled, ðes geocsa, Met. 2, 4. Mín geár wǽron on sicetunga and on gestæne (in gemitibus), Ps. Th. 30, 11. Sicetunge singultu, Hpt. Gl. 514, 66. In sicettunge and geoxunge in singultum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 8. Getogene sicetunge ducta suspiria, Hpt. Gl. 511, 41. Heófunga sicetungum lamentorum singultibus, 472, 57. Siccitungum, 504, 63. Hé angsumlíce siccetunga teáh swá ðæt hé ear-foþlíce orðian mihte he drew his breath painfully and heavily, so that he could hardly breathe, Homl. Th. i. 86, 8. Hé wearþ ðá gesícelod and siccetunga teáh of niwellícum breóste on bedde licgende he fell ill and drew sighs from the bottom of his heart, as he lay in his bed, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 65. sicettung

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛁᚳᛖᛏ[ᛏ]ᚢᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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