Swígan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Swígan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: swígung,

Definitions

1 swígan

p. de. I. to be silent:--God ná swígeþ Deus non silebit, Ps. Spl. 49, 3. Stiórdon him menigo ðætte hé suígde (ut taceret), Mk. Skt. Lind. 10, 48. Ðú bist suígende (swígende, Rush.), Lk. Skt. Lind. 1, 20. Geót swígende ðæt blód on yrnende wæter, Lchdm. ii. 76, 14: 140, 26: 290, 26: 292, 25. Ðæt eall swígende gedó, 104, 10. Swígende (suígende, Hatt. MS.) hé cwæð on his móde . . . Ða swígendan (suígendan, Hatt. MS.) stefne se dígla Déma gehírde, Past. 4; Swt. 38, 16-20: Blickl. Homl. 7, 16. Þú ána hí swígende tǽlst thou alone by thy silence dost blame her, Ap. Th. 16, 21. Hé oft ána sæt swígende múðe saepe solus residens ore tacito, Bd. 2, 9; S. 512, 13. Ðæt ánra manna gehwylc sceáwige hine sylfne swígende móde, Blickl. Homl. 57, 34. II. to become silent from astonishment; stupere. III, swíge, III:--Swígdon l styldon stupebant, Mk. Skt. Lind. 1, 22. Stylton l suígdon, 6, 51. Suígdon (swígdon, Rush.), 10, 32. [O. H. Ger. swígén silere, reticere: Ger. schweigen.] see ge-swígde, -on, given under geswígian), óþ-swígan; swigian. swigan

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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