LL-L "Etymology" 2001.12.07 (01) [E]

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From: "Julian MacLachlan Frullani" <italian at newitineraries.it>
Subject: Gumption and swinnen

Hello all,
In Lallans, at least in my south of Scotland native village,
we used a word: -
" swinnen ", which meant a sudden hunch, or
a sneaky feeling that something was about to happen.

We also used the word " gumption ", which means " pure and solid
common sense."

The etymology of these two words is unknown to me.

Does any reader have any ideas here?

The first word " swinnen " seems to come from some form of archaic
German verb " sich schwanen ? schwennen ?, meaning to have a sudden
illumination, a sudden prophetic vision.

Perhaps someone could give me some words in their own language
meaning " a sudden flash of insight that I could compare.

ta ta the noo

Julian

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