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swíge

  • adjective
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swíge, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§434;
silent, not speaking
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  • On óðre wísan mon sceal manigean ða swíðe swígean, on óðre wísan ða felaídelsprǽcean,

      Past. 23; Swt. 174, 24.

  • Ða ðe tó swíðe swíge (swigge, Cott. MSS.) beóþ . . . ða suíðe suígean (swiggean, Cott. MSS.)

    taciturni. . . nimis taciti,

      38; Swt. 271, 6-10.

  • Ðá wæs swígra secg (

    Hunferth

    ) on gylpsprǽce (cf. Ðú worn fela, wine mín Húnferð, beóre druncen ymb Brecan sprǽce, 1064; B. 530), Beo. Th. 1964; B. 980.
silent, not making a noise, still
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  • Wind wédende færeþ, and eft semninga swíge gewyrðeþ,

      Elen. Kmbl. 2548; El. 1275.

  • Stille þynceþ lyft ofer londe, and lagu swíge,

      Exon. Th. 383, 16; Rä. 4, 11.

  • Nis mín sele swíge, ne ic sylfa hlúd,

      494, 1; Rä. 82, 1.
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v. swíþ-swíge.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “swíge.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/29794.

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