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*''-wŋ'' is a suffix meaning "a person associated with [noun] or who does [verb]" (unknown origin).  
*''-wŋ'' is a suffix meaning "a person associated with [noun] or who does [verb]" (unknown origin).  
**''britswŋ'' means 'speaker (a person who speaks)', from ''brits'' 'to speak; speech'.
**''britswŋ'' means 'speaker (a person who speaks)', from ''brits'' 'to speak; speech'.
**''troviðwŋ'' means 'vegetarian' (from ''trovið'' 'vegetarianism').
**''trovihwŋ'' means 'vegetarian' (from ''trovih'' 'vegetarianism').
**''sbwiþwŋ'' means '<i>sbwiþ</i> player'. (A ''sbwiþ'' is a plucked string instrument with 18-22 sympathetic strings.)
**''sbwiþwŋ'' means '<i>sbwiþ</i> player'. (A ''sbwiþ'' is a plucked string instrument with 18-22 sympathetic strings.)