Sweger

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - sweger

According to the Old English Dictionary:

swegr, e;

sweger
f. A mother-in-law :-- Sueger socrus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 68. Sweger, i. 52, 8. Sweger, swegr, Ælfc. Gr. 11; Zup. 79, 18. Swegr (suegir, Lind.) on hyre snore, and snoru on hyre swegere (swegre, MS. A., Rush.: suoegir. Lind.), Lk. Skt. 12, 53. UNCERTAIN Maria is Godfæder snoru and Godes suna módur and háligra sáuwla sweger, Shrn. 118, 7. Sweger socrum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 72, 51. Ða geseah hé Petres swegre (swægre, Rush. suér l his wífes módor, Lind.) licgende, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 14. Snore ongén hyre swégre (swegran, MS. A.: swer, Lind.), 10, 35. Swegere, Deut. 27, 23. [O.H. Ger. swigar: Ger. schwieger-mutter. Cf. Goth. swaihró.] sweger
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