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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.

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