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swoughe
▪ I. † swough Obs. Forms: 4 suowe, 4–5 swough(e, 5 swowe. [Representing an original *swog(h)-, prob. related to *sweg(h)-, base of ME. sweȝe (see sway n., sway v., branch I).] A forcible movement; impetus.1338 R. Brunne Chron. (1725) 170 Bot he com with a suowe, þat þe schip to rof. c 1386 Chaucer M...
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swowh
▪ I. † swow, swough, n. Obs. Forms: 3 swoȝ, 4 swouȝ, swoue, swouh, sogh, 4–5 swough(e, swogh(e, swow(e, 5 swowgh, swowȝe, sowe, 6 Sc. swoch. [app. arising from the analysis of aswough, aswow as = a swough, a swow: cf. swow pa. pple. and v.1] 1. A swoon.c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 484 Til he fel dun on dedes s...
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i-swoȝen
i-swowe(n, i-swoȝen ME. pa. pple. of swough v. to swoon.
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swafe
† swafe Obs. Also 4–5 swayf(e, sweyf, swaffe, 8 swave. [f. ON. sveif- in *sveifa swayve, sveif tiller (cf. OHG. sweib swinging), related to sv{iacu}f- in sv{iacu}fa = OE. sw{iacu}fan to swive; the general notion being that of sweeping or swinging.] 1. A swinging stroke or blow; momentum.13.. E.E. Al...
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aswowe
† aˈswough, aswow(e, adv. (or ppl. a.) Also 4–5 asuowe, aswo, aswou, aswowe, aswogh, assowe. [Interchanging in 14th c. with on swowe, in swowe, as if f. a- prep.1 + swough n.; but perhaps originally = iswowe:—iswowen:—OE. ᵹeswóᵹen senseless, fainted, pa. pple. of swóᵹan to overgrow, choke, in the ph...
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swimble
▪ I. † swimble, n. Obs. rare. In 5 swymbul. [Related to next.] A swaying motion.c 1386 Chaucer Knt.'s T. 1121 (Harl. MS.) A foreste,..With knotty knarry bareyn trees olde Of stubbes sharpe and hidous..to biholde; In which ther ran a swymbul and a swough, As though a storm sholde bresten every bough....
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sough
▪ I. sough, n.1 (sʌf, saʊ, Sc. sux) Forms: 4–5 swogh(e, swough(e, 6 swouch, 6– souch, 7– sough (8 zough), 8– sugh (9 seugh, soogh, sooch, etc.); 4 swowh, 4–5 swow(e, 5 sow, 9 soo. [ME. type *swōh, swōȝ, from the verb swōȝen: see sough v.1 From the 16th cent. almost exclusively Sc. and north. dial. u...
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sweight
† sweight north. dial. and Sc. Obs. In 5 sweght, sweyght, 6 (9) Sc. swecht. [app. f. sweȝ- (repr. by the early forms of sway v.) + -t suffix3 a.] ‘The force of a body in motion’ (Jam.); impetus.14.. Chaucer's Troylus ii. 1383 (MS. St. John's Camb.) Whan that the sturdy ook..Receyued hath the happy f...
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gigg by geoul
▪ I. gig, n.1 (gɪg) Forms: 3–8 gigg(e, 4–5 gygge, (6 ghyg), 6– gig. [Perh. onomatopœic; the identity of the word in all senses is very doubtful.] I. Something that whirls. † 1. A whipping-top. Obs.c 1440 [see whirligig]. 1570 Billingsley Euclid xi. def. xvi. 317 This solide [Cone] of many is called ...
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rumble
▪ I. rumble, n. (ˈrʌmb(ə)l) Forms: α. 4–5 rombel, 4–6 romble, 5 rombul, rowmble; 5 rumbil, 6 -byll, 5– rumble. β. Sc. 6 rummill, -yll, 9 rummel, rummle. [f. rumble v.1 Cf. G. and Da. rummel, Norw. dial. ruml, Du. gerommel.] 1. a. A low, continuous, murmuring, grumbling, or growling sound, as that of...
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storm
▪ I. storm, n. (stɔːm) Also (1 stearm north.), 3–7 storme (3 steorm, storem, 5 stourme, starme). [Com. Teut. (not recorded in Gothic): OE. storm masc. corresp. to Fris., OS. (MLG., Du.) storm, OHG. (MHG., mod.G.) sturm, ON. storm-r (Sw., Da. storm):—OTeut. *sturmo-z (whence Rom. *stormo: see stour n...
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