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asway

adj

Etymology

From a- + sway.

  1. derived from *sweh₁-✻
  2. derived from *swaigijaną✻
  3. derived from *swaigijan✻
  4. derived from *swǣġan✻ — “to bend, bow”
  5. inherited from sweyen
  6. prefixed as asway — “a + sway”

Definitions

  1. Swaying.

    • Now the whole great terrace was a-sway with the crowd of nobles and princes, and others that were neither nobles nor princes, but true men only;
    • The man sat loosely in the saddle, his shoulders easily asway to the gait of his mount;
    • […] the screen was a large square of linen which any stray draught would set languorously asway,

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA