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swǽsende

  • noun [ neuter ]
  • adjective
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swǽsende, es; but occurring almost always in pl. swǽsendu (-a, -o); n.
food, victuals, refection
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  • Swǽsende

    fercula

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 35, 19.
  • Swǽsendo

    fercula, cibaria

    ,
      147, 83.
  • Hé þanc gesægde ðá hé gereordod wæs : 'Ðé ðissa swǽsenda Meotud leán forgilde,' Andr. Kmbl. 771; An. 386.
  • Ðæt hí on his hús ne eodon ne of his swǽsendum mete ðygedon

    ne domum ejus intrarent neque de cibis illius acciperent

    ,
      Bd. 3, 22; S. 553, 28.
  • Mid hígna suésendum (

    the articles of food are then given

    ). Ond ðás forecnedenan suésenda all ágefe mon ðem reogolwarde,
      Txts. 444, 14-26.
  • Ða ilcan wísan on swǽsendum tó mínre tíde léstan (cf. hígon gefeormian tó mínre tíde,

      449, 9), 450, 1.
  • Suoesendo

    agapem

    ,
      39, 108.
  • Swǽsendo,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 22.
  • Ælmessum swǽsendo,

      5, 35.
  • Ða six Sunnandagas ðe wé swǽsendo on habbaþ

    the six Sundays in Lent when we may take meat (cf. nán dæg (in Lent )

    ne sý bútan Sunnandagum ánum, ðæt ǽnig mon ǽniges metes brúce ǽr ðære teóðan tíde oððe ðære twelfte,
      L. E. I. 37; Th. ii. 436, 6-8), Wulfst. 284, 5.
  • Ðone mete and ða swǽsendo dapes, Bd. 3, 6; S. 528, 20. ¶ In phrases :-- Gán tó swǽsendum

    to go to dinner;

    ire ad reficiendum,
      5, 4; S. 617, 18.
  • Sittan æt or tó swǽsendum to sit at meat, take a meal :-- Hí æt beóde and æt swǽsendum sǽton

    sederunt ad mensam

    ,
      5, 5; S. 617, 10: Cd. Th. 168, 7; Gen. 2779.
  • Sittan tó his swǽsendum

    residens ad epulas

    ,
      Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 42 : 5, 5; S. 618, 17.
  • Woldon wé tó úrum swǽsendum sittan

    ceperamus uelle epulari

    ,
      Nar. 21, 12.
  • Ðá hét ic eallne ðone here ðæt hé tó swǽsendum sǽte and mete þigde

    cenare militem jussi

    ,
      23, 8.
  • Swǽsende, swǽsenda þicgan to take food :-- Sæt hé and swǽsende ðeah and dranc (sæt hé on swǽsendum and æt and dranc, MS. B.)

    residebat, vescebatur, bibebat

    ,
      Bd. 5, 5; S. 618, 18.
  • Hé on his hús eode and his swǽsendo ðeah

    intravit epulaturus domum ejus

    ,
      Bd. 3, 22; S. 553, 30.
  • Swá ðæt hé nǽfre mete onféng ne swǽsendo ðeah

    ita ut nihil unquam cibi vel potus perciperet

    ,
      4, 25; S. 599, 29.
  • Swǽsendo þicgean

    jejunium solvere, prandere

    ,
      5, 4; S. 617, 13, 16.
  • Swǽsenda (up) girwan

    to prepare a feast

    ,
      Judth. Thw. 21, 7; Jud. 9.
  • Symbel ł swoese (swoesende ?) mín ic gearuade

    prandium meum paravi,

      Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 22, 4.
flatteries, blandishments, fair speech. v. swǽs.
ge-swǽsness, swǽslǽcan
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  • Swésendum

    blanditiis

    ,
      Kent. Gl. 212.
  • v. dæg-, undern-swǽsendu (-o).
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v.  swésende swoese.
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  • swǽsende, n.; adj.