Súgan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Súgan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: á-, for-súgan; súcan, sígan (sýgan)

Definitions

1 súgan

p. seáh, pl. sugon; pp. sogen. I. to suck:--Ðú suge suxisti, Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 49. Ðæt sió réðnes ðæs wínes ða forrotedan wunde súge and clǽnsige, Past. 17, 10; Swt. 125, 12. [In Txts. 64, 455 the entry fellitat suggit is perhaps all Latin, as the same form occurs again in a later glossary, where the termination of the verb is never -it, fellitat, i. decepit, suggit, beswícþ, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 29] II. to fall in as the cheeks do when sucking (?):--Ðonne him on ðam magan súgeþ when it is in his stomach as if it were sucked in, Lchdm. ii. 192, 13: 160, 1. [O. H. Ger. súgan: Icel. súga, sjúga.] to soak, Lchdm. i. 134, 14. sugan

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚢᚷᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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