Old English Dictionary Entry

Sugu

Part of speech: e: sú, e; Related words: gefearh-sugu. sugu

Definitions

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1 sugu

f. A sow:--Sugu scroffa, Ælfc. Gr. 7; Zup. 25, 7: scrofa, Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 73: 286, 46: ii. 120, 7. Sió sugu hí wille sylian on hire sole, Past. 54, 1; Swt. 419. 27. Suge scrofe, Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 14. Suge sweard vistula, 124, 1. Mé (a badger) on bæce standaþ her swylce sweon leorum (= hǽr swilce súe on hleórum, Grein) hlifiaþ tú eáran ofer eágum, Exon. Th. 396, 13; Rá. 16, 4. [A. R. suwe: Ayenb. zoȝe: Chauc. Piers P. Wick. sowe: Du. zog: Swed. sugga: O. H. Ger. sú: Ger. sau: Icel. sýr; acc. sú: Dan. so.]

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Runic Inscription

ᛋᚢᚷᚢ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Ger.: German
Icel.: Icelandic
O. H. Ger.: Old High German

Works & Authors

Exon.: Exeter Book
Gr.: Ælfric's Grammar
Past.: Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)
R.: Riddles (Exeter Book)
Swt.: Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Voc.: Vocabulary
Wrt.: Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
Ælfc.: Ælfric

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