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Middle English
Etymology
From Old English swēg, from Proto-West Germanic *swōgi, from Proto-Germanic *swōgiz (“sound, noise”), related to Proto-Germanic *swōganą from Proto-Indo-European *(s)weh₂gʰ-. Cognate with Old Norse sœgr (“tumult, noise”) and Latin vāgītus.
Replaced by swough, swouȝ > sough from the verb swoȝen. More at sough, swoon.
Pronunciation
Noun
swei (plural sweies)
- unregulated sound, din, noise
On þisse deie, þet is, pentecostes, and wittesunnedeie on ure speche, com ferliche muchel swei of heofne and fulde al þa upfleunge mid fure.- On this day, that is of Pentecost, and Whitsunday in our speech, came suddenly much sound from heaven and filled all the upper levels with fury
- regulated sound, music
Þurh þæs deofles lore, þeo þe likede wel... he swefede þe mid þen sweiȝe; swote þu sleptest longe on þine bedde...- Through the devil's instruction, the one who liked thee well, he lulled thee to sleep with his music, when sweetly thou slept long in thine bed
- tinnitus, ringing in the ears
Ȝif þar sy sweȝ oþþer sar innan þan heafedan... Nim tweȝen styccan fulle- If there be ringing or sore in the head... Take two doses fully