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Old English · noun

sweg

Normalised swēġ

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong i-stem
IPA
/sweːj/
Syllables
sweːj (1 syllable)
Modern English
stressaccent

Meaning

  1. sound, noise

    Hwīlum ylfete song dyde iċ mē tō gomene, ganetes hlēoþor ond huilpan swēġ fore hleahtor wera, mǣw singende fore medodrince.

    Sometimes I made the swan song as a mirth to myself, the gannet’s speech and the hwilp’s noise instead of laugher of men, the singing seagull instead of a mead-drink.

    10th century, The Seafarer:

  2. accent, stress

Declension

Declension of sweg
SingularPlural
Nominative swēġswēġas
Accusative swēġswēġas
Genitive swēġesswēġa
Dative swēġeswēġum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *swōgi (“sound, noise”). Cognate with Old Norse sœgr (“tumult, noise”). More at sough, swoon.

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