sgoâ

Ligurian

Verb

sgoâ (intransitive)

  1. archaic form of xoâ: to fly [from early 19th c.]
    • 1845, Resveggin pe-o monumento de Cristoforo Colombo‎[1], Genoa: Tipografia do R. I. di Sordi-Mutti, page 8:
      De seltembre verso a-a fin / O veddeiva Oxelli sgoâ, / Feuggie verdi gallezzâ, / Tulte cose che a-ö mainâ / Ghe fan tæra indovinâ.
      Around the end of September, he saw birds fly, green leaves float; all things that drive a sailor to guess land [is nearby]
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