Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

swát

  • noun [ neuter ]
Dictionary links
Grammar
swát, es; n. [The passages in which the gender is marked are doubtful. Ðæt swót. Lchdm. iii. 98, 17, occurs in a late MS.; ísen swát, ii. 296, 18, may be a compound; ða swát, iii. 72, 28, may be a mistake for spátl, v. ii. 56, 15. Dutch has a neuter, German and Scandinavian have masculines.]
sweat, perspiration
Show examples

  • Seofoðe

    (the seventh of the constituents from which Adam was made) wæs deáwes pund, ðanon him (Adam )

    becom swát,
      Salm. Kmbl. 180. 15.

  • Suát,

      Rtl. 192, 17.

  • His swát (

    sudor

    ) wæs swylce blódes dropan,
      Lk. Skt. 22, 44.

  • Of ealdum cláðum ðe beóþ eal on swáte,

      Homl. Ass. 35, 280.

  • Swá ða swát (but ii. 56, 15 has spátl), beóþ missenlícu, Lchdm. iii. 72, 28. Ia. that which exudes like sweat :-- Ðanne þeó brǽde geswáte nim ðæt swót when the roast meat sweats, take that which exudes, Lchdm. iii. 98, 17. Ib.

    that which lies on anything as sweat lies on the skin

    (?) :-- Wiþ gongelwæfran bite, smít on ísen swát (isen-swát?), ii.
      296, 18.
used of other moisture that comes from the body,
foam
Show examples

  • Mið swáte

    cum spuma,

      Lk. Skt. Rush. 9, 39.
blood
Show examples

  • Saga mé hwæt ðæs lifigendan mannes gleng sý. Ic ðé secge ðæs deádan swát,

      Salm. Kmbl. 200, 10.

  • Geseoh seolfes swæðe, swá ðín swát ágeát, blódige stíge,

      Andr. Kmbl. 2881; An. 1443: 2552; An. 1277: Beo. Th. 5380; B. 2693.

  • Him for swenge swát ǽdrum sprong forð under fexe,

      5925; B. 2966.
  • Beswyled mid swátes gange, Rood Kmbl. 45; Kr. 23.

  • On róde ðú ðín blód águte for heó and [hý] mid ðínum ðam æþelan swáte gebohtest,

      Wulfst. 255, 23.

  • Cwealmdreóre, monnes swáte,

      Cd. Th. 60, 24; Gen. 986.

  • Be sídan ðǽr Hǽlend his swát forlét,

      299, 6; Sat. 545 : Andr. Kmbl. 1935; An. 970: Exon. Th. 88, 33; Cri. 1449.
sweat that comes from labour, hence labour, toil
Show examples

  • Ðǽr wæs suíðe suíðlíc and ðǽr wæs micel swát ágoten and ðeáh ne meahte monn him of ániman ðone miclan rust

    multo labore sudatum est, et non exivit de ea nimia rubigo ejus,

      Past. 37, 3; Swt. 269, 12.
  • On swáte ðínes andwlilan ðú brícst ðínes hláfes. Gen. 3, 19.

  • Se man on gewinne and on swáte hé leofaþ,

      Blickl. Homl. 59, 36: Cd. Th. 33, 8; Gen. 482.
Etymology
[O. Sax. O. Frs. swét: Du. zweet; n.: O.H. Ger. sweiz: M. H. Ger. sweiz sweat; blood: Ger. schweiss; m.: Icel. sweiti wk. m.: Dan. sved; m.: Swed. swett; m.]
Similar entries
v. heaðu-, hilde-swát; swǽtan, and next word.
Linked entries
v.  swǽtan.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “swát.” 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/29562.

Checked: 0
Full form

Word-wheel

  • swát, n.

Copyright

All the data provided here are free for any purpose. If you use the data for academic purposes, we ask that you kindly cite us as your source. In case you need a large portion of the dictionary data or you need it in a specific format, let us know through the contact form, we are happy to do custom database dumps for researchers.

How to cite

You can cite the entries of the online version of the dictionary, or you can cite the scanned pages of the original paper editions.

  • To cite the online version of the dictionary, click the icon right under the entry.
  • To cite the scanned paper version of the dictionary, click the "show/hide this scanned page" link under the entry, check the scan and use the citation information right above it.