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suaineadh, twisting, rope-twisting anything, a line for twisting round anything, E. Ir., O. Ir. súanem, g. suaneman, funis: *sognemon-, root sug, soug, Br. sug, trace, W. syg, chain, trace; Romance soga, rope, Ital. soga, rope, leather band, Sp. soga, a linear measure, Port. soga, rush rope, Churwälsch saga. Stokes finally refers súanem to a stem-root *sogno- beside segno- (whence E. Ir. sén, a net for catching birds, gin, root segh, hold, Eng. sail), Lit. segù, fasten, saga, sledge.