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swæþ

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
swæþ, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§345;
a track, the mark left by a moving body, a single footprint or
a series of footprints (lit. or fig.)
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  • Mé

    (the plough)

    biþ gongendre mín swæð sweotol,
      Exon. Th. 403, 19; Rä. 22, 10.
  • Ðonne fylge wé Drihtnes swæþe. Blickl. Homl. 75, 14: Rtl. 26, 5.

  • Ðonne stæpþ se sacerd on ðone weg, ðonne hé on ðæt swæð ðara háligra winnaþ tó spyriganne,

      Past. 13; Swt. 77, 20: pref.; Swt. 5, 16.

  • Deáþ ne forlǽt nán swæþ ǽr hé geféhþ ðæt ðæt hé æfter spyreþ. Bt. 39,

      1; Fox 212, 1: Met. 27, 14.

  • Weard sáweþ on swæð mín (

    the plough's),

      Exon. Th. 403, 11; Rä. 22, 6.

  • Swearte wǽran lástas, swaþu swíþe blacu,

      434, 19; Rä. 52, 3.

  • Ða swaðo wǽron útwearde ongunnen ðe on ðæm marmanstáne geméted wǽron,

      Blickl. Homl. 207, 11.

  • Swylce mannes swaðu, ðon gelícost ðe ðǽr sum mon gestóde; and ða fótlástas wǽron swutole,

      203, 35.

  • Alle suæðo

    omnes semite,

      Rtl. 81, 20.

  • Forlét úre Drihten his fét on ða eorþan besincan . . . leóhtfæt biþ á byrnende for ðara swaþa weorþunga,

      Blickl. Homl. 127, 31.

  • Suoeðum, suæðum

    semitis.

      Rtl. 167, 1, 13.
a vestige, trace
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  • Hwæt is elles ðiós gewítendlíce sibb búton swelce hit sié sum swæð ðære écean sibbe

    quod est enim pax transitoria, nisi quoddam vestigium pacis aelernae?

      Past. 46, 5; Swt. 351, 25.
  • v. bil-, dolh-, fót-swæþ; swaþu.
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v.  ge-swǽþian bil-swæþ swaþu.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “swæþ.” 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/29526.

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