sweg – Old English noun declension

Old English noun forms of sweg

Noun: sweg
Gender:

Nominative

Singularswēġ
Pluralswēġas

Genitive

Singularswēġes
Pluralswēġa

Dative

Singularswēġe
Pluralswēġum

Accusative

Singularswēġ
Pluralswēġas

Sample Sentences

  • 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:]

Nouns inflected like sweg

morgensweg, leg, swinsweg, sweg,

Etymology

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

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