Sáwlung

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - sáwlung

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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sáwlung
f. The giving up the ghost, expiring:--Cwæð sum hálig biscop ðá hé wæs on sáwlenga be ðeossum fæder: Arsenius ðú wǽre eádig forðon ðú hæfdest á ðás tíd beforan ðínum eágum a certain holy bishop, when he was expiring, said of this father: 'Arsenius, blessed wert thou, for ever hadst thou this hour (the hour of death) before thine eyes.' Shrn. 106, 26. sawlung
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