f. A deep drawing of the breath. I. as a sign of trouble, a sigh:--From sworetunge mínum a singultu meo, Rtl. 20, 27. Heó mid wópe and mid teárum wæs geondgoten and longe sworetunge wæs teónde (suspiria longa trahens), Bd. 4, 23; S. 596, 10. Hé gemænigfealdode ða sworetunga ðám siccetungum, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 201. II. breathing hard from illness or labour, gasping, panting:--Wið nearwre sworetunge, Lchdm. i. 340, 11. Hé mid langre sworetunge ðæt orð of ðám breóstum teáh, Guthl. 20; Gdwin. 80, 13. Hé wæs swíðe gewǽced on ðam langan geswince, and hé mid sworettungum wæs genyrwed, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 770. Betwih ða[m] untruman sworettuuga inter aegra suspiria, Bd. 3, 13; S. 538, 23. sworettung