"swogan" meaning in Old English

See swogan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈswoː.ɡɑn/, [ˈswoː.ɣɑn]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *swōgan. Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*swōgan}} Proto-West Germanic *swōgan Head templates: {{ang-verb|swōgan}} swōgan Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|swōgan<s7>}} Forms: swōgan [canonical], strong [table-tags], swōgan [infinitive], swōgenne [infinitive], swōge [first-person, present, singular], - [first-person, past, singular], swēġst [present, second-person, singular], - [past, second-person, singular], swēġþ [present, singular, third-person], - [past, singular, third-person], swōgaþ [plural, present], - [past, plural], swōge [present, singular], - [past, singular], swōgen [plural, present], swōg [imperative, past, present, singular], swōh [imperative, past, present, singular], swōgaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], swōgende [imperative, present], swōgen [imperative, past], ġeswōgen [imperative, past]
  1. to resound, sound, rush, roar
    Sense id: en-swogan-ang-verb-z9NWJvU6
  2. to move with violence, enter with force, invade
    Sense id: en-swogan-ang-verb--Or5HdKC Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Violence Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 75 Disambiguation of Violence: 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: āswōgan, ġeondswōgan, oferswōgan, þurhswōgan Related terms: swēġ, swēġan 
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "āswōgan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ġeondswōgan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "oferswōgan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "þurhswōgan"
    }
  ],
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          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "sough"
        },
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          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "swouch"
        },
        {
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          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "souch"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "swowen"
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      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "souȝen"
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        },
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      ],
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      "word": "soghen"
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              "word": "swoon"
            }
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          "lang_code": "enm",
          "word": "swōunen"
        }
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      "lang": "Middle English",
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      "sense": "faintness",
      "word": "swōune"
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "VII",
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "swōgan",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "form": "-",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "-",
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    },
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      ]
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      "form": "-",
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      ]
    },
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swōgen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "swōg",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swōgende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swōgen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeswōgen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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        "1": "swōgan"
      },
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    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "swōgan<s7>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "swēġ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "swēġan"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "to resound, sound, rush, roar"
      ],
      "id": "en-swogan-ang-verb-z9NWJvU6",
      "links": [
        [
          "resound",
          "resound"
        ],
        [
          "sound",
          "sound"
        ],
        [
          "rush",
          "rush"
        ],
        [
          "roar",
          "roar"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "34 66",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 68",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 75",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 91",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ang",
          "name": "Violence",
          "orig": "ang:Violence",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to move with violence, enter with force, invade"
      ],
      "id": "en-swogan-ang-verb--Or5HdKC",
      "links": [
        [
          "move",
          "move"
        ],
        [
          "violence",
          "violence"
        ],
        [
          "enter",
          "enter"
        ],
        [
          "force",
          "force"
        ],
        [
          "invade",
          "invade"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈswoː.ɡɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈswoː.ɣɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "swogan"
}

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    "Old English defective verbs",
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
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  ],
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      "word": "āswōgan"
    },
    {
      "word": "ġeondswōgan"
    },
    {
      "word": "oferswōgan"
    },
    {
      "word": "þurhswōgan"
    }
  ],
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          "lang_code": "en",
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        },
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      "form": "swōgenne",
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      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "-",
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      "tags": [
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        "present"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "plural"
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        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
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        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
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        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "present",
        "singular"
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        "present"
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    },
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        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "swōgen",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "ġeswōgen",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
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    {
      "word": "swēġ"
    },
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      "word": "swēġan"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "to resound, sound, rush, roar"
      ],
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          "resound",
          "resound"
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          "roar",
          "roar"
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        "to move with violence, enter with force, invade"
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          "move",
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        ],
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          "violence",
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        [
          "force",
          "force"
        ],
        [
          "invade",
          "invade"
        ]
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈswoː.ɡɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈswoː.ɣɑn]"
    }
  ],
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}

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