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swǽtan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
swǽtan, p. te
Wright's OE grammar
§531; §643;
To sweat.
of the natural moisture of the skin
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  • Ðætte hé swá swíþe swǽtte swá hé in swoloþan middes sumeres wǽre

    quia ita, quasi in media aestatis caumate, sudaverit

    ,
    • Bd. 3, 19
      • ;
    • S. 549, 29.

  • Sitte hé on bæþe óó ðæt hé swǽte . . . óþ hé wel swǽte,

    • Lchdm. ii. 290, 1-6.

  • Ðæt se mon swǽte swíþe,

    • 332, 2 : iii. 8, 11.

  • Hé ongan blácian and ungefóhlíce swǽtan

    ,
    • Homl. Th. i. 414, 12: Wulfst. 141, 3.
to sweat with hard labour, so to toil :
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  • -- Ðæm ðe nú on gódum weorcum ne swǽt and suíðe ne suinceþ

    qui nunc in bonis operibus non exsudat

    ,
    • Past. 39, 2
      • ;
    • Swt. 285, 13.

  • Sume sceufon, sume tugon and swýðe swǽtton, óð ðæt hig geteorode wǽron,

    • Shrn. 154, 27.

  • Winnende vel swǽtende

    desudans, i. laborans

    ,
    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 37.
to sweat, send forth like sweat, to exude (of persons or things)
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  • Hí fleóþ and blóde hí swǽtaþ,

    • Nar. 35, 33.

  • Fýre swǽtaþ blácan líge

    they sweat fire and flame.

    • Exon. Th. 385, 12
      • ;
    • Rä. 4, 43.

  • Mon geseah twegen sceldas blóde swǽtan

    (sanguine sudare),

    • Ors. 4, 8
      • ;
    • Swt. 188, 25.

  • Hí gemétton ðone clúd swǽtende

    ,
    • Homl. Th. ii. 162, 6.
to send forth blood, to bleed, v. swát,
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  • :-- Hit ǽrest ongan swǽtan on ða swíðran healfe,

    • Rood Kmbl. 39
      • ;
    • Kr. 20.
Etymology
[Icel. sveita to sweat.]
Similar entries
v. á-, be-, ge-swǽtan; swítan.
Linked entries
v.  swítan.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “swǽtan.” 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/29525.

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