Swég

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - swég

According to the Old English Dictionary:

swég
I. add :-- Áweóx mára swég and hefegra (gravior sonitus),swá ꝥ hit áhleóðrode swylce eall seó cyrice wǽre tóworpen fram þám grundweallum, Gr. D. 236, 12. Se sácerd scolde bión mid bellum behangen ... scolde beón gehiéred his swég (sonítus), Past. 93, 7. II a. add :-- Hig deóplíce þá stefna þǽs lyftes swége gesleáð, and mid þǽre tungan clypole þæne swég gewynsumiað, Angl. viii. 313, 15. II b. add :-- Tó ðǽre hristendan ... swége (ad stridulae (buccinae) sonum, Ald. 65, 15), Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 46.

Related words: swin-swég. sweg

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