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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.
Similar entries
v. dæg-, undern-swǽsendu (-o).
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v.  swoese swésende.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “swǽsende.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/29518.

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