sweigh
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Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
sweigh
- sway
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Man of Law's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 295-296:
- O firste moevyng cruel firmament,
With thy diurnal sweigh that crowdest ay [...]- O first moving, cruel firmament,
With thy daily motion that pushes ever [...]
- O first moving, cruel firmament,
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Man of Law's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 295-296:
References[edit]
- “sweigh”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.