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swealwe

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
swealwe, swealewe, an; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§404;
A swallow
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  • Suualuae, suualuuae, suualuue

    progna,

      Txts. 90, 828.
  • Sualuuae, sualuae, sualuue

    hirundo,

      68, 498.
  • Swealwe,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 5.
  • Swalowe, swaluwe, swalewe,

      Ælfc. Gr. 9, 3; Zup. 37, 7.
  • Storc and swalewe,

      Homl. Th. i. 404, 25.
  • Genim swealwan nest,

      Lchdm. ii. 100, 18.
  • Swolwan, iii. 44, 13.
  • Genim swealwan, gebærn tó ahsan, ii. 156, 8.
  • Hú ða swalawan on him sǽton and sungon . . . . Twá swalewan heora sang up áhófon and hí setton on ða sculdra ðæs hálgan weres Gúðláces,

      Guthl. 10; Gdwin. 52, 3-10.
    For instances of the word in local names, see Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 338.
Etymology
[O.H. Ger. swalawa: Icel. swala.]
Similar entries
v. hae-, heoru-, stæþ-swealwe.
Linked entries
v.  swalewe.
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  • swealwe, n.