swogan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *swōgan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈswoː.ɡɑn/, [ˈswoː.ɣɑn]

Verb

swōgan

  1. to resound, sound, rush, roar
  2. to move with violence, enter with force, invade

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: swowen, souȝen, soghen
    • English: sough
    • Scots: swouch, souch
  • Middle English: swōune (faintness) (past participle)
    • Middle English: swōunen
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