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swinc-full

  • adjective
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Grammar
swinc-full, adj.
Full of trouble or distress, disastrous
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  • Ðæs ilean geáres wæs swíðe hefelíc geár and swíðe swincfull and sorhfull geár binnan Englelande on orfcwealme, and corn and wæstmas wǽron ætstandene. Chr. 1085 ; Erl. 219, 19.
Etymology
[þeos world is swincful, O. E. Homl. i. 7, 20. Jho (the Virgin Mary) wass swinncfull (hard-working) inn alle gode dedes, Orm. 2621.]
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v. geswinc-full, geswincfulnys.
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  • swinc-full, adj.