Old English · adjective
swige
Normalised swīġe
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /ˈswiː.je/
- Syllables
- ˈswiː · je (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- silencesilent
swige1 · adjective
Senses
-
silent
Nis mīn sele swīġe, ne iċ sylfa hlūd ymb unc… dryht sċōp sīþ ætsomne.
My hall isn't still, nor I am myself loud about the two of us… the crowd made a path together.
c. 980, Exeter Book Riddle 85:
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | swīġe | swīġuswīġo | swīġe |
| Accusative | swīġne | swīġe | swīġe |
| Genitive | swīġes | swīġre | swīġes |
| Dative | swīġum | swīġre | swīġum |
| Instrumental | swīġe | swīġre | swīġe |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | swīġe | swīġaswīġe | swīġuswīġo |
| Accusative | swīġe | swīġaswīġe | swīġuswīġo |
| Genitive | swīġra | swīġra | swīġra |
| Dative | swīġum | swīġum | swīġum |
| Instrumental | swīġum | swīġum | swīġum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | swīġa | swīġe | swīġe |
| Accusative | swīġan | swīġan | swīġe |
| Genitive | swīġan | swīġan | swīġan |
| Dative | swīġan | swīġan | swīġan |
| Instrumental | swīġan | swīġan | swīġan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | swīġan | swīġan | swīġan |
| Accusative | swīġan | swīġan | swīġan |
| Genitive | swīġraswīġena | swīġraswīġena | swīġraswīġena |
| Dative | swīġum | swīġum | swīġum |
| Instrumental | swīġum | swīġum | swīġum |
swige2 · noun · feminine
Senses
-
silence
Declension · weak n-stem
All forms (11)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *swīgā.
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