Swin[n]

Old English Dictionary Entry

Swin[n]

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: , es; Related words: ge-swin,

Definitions

1 swin[n]

m. Sound, melody :-- Swin, sang melodia (Wright gives swinsang melodio ; perhaps swinsung should be read, but see the following gloss), Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 28. Swinne l sangge melodia, Hpt. Gl. 467, 41. Swinn, dreám melodiam, 515, 42. [From the same root as Latin sonus?] and following words; and cf. hlyn[n], hlynsian for similar formation. swinn

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚹᛁᚾ[ᚾ]

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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