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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/schwanen

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
schwanen
Friedrich Kluge2509882An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — schwanen1891John Francis Davis

schwanen, vb., ‘to presage, forebode,’ ModHG. only, lit. ‘to have a presentiment,’ like the swan that sings before its death.