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sweart

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sweart, adj.
of colour,
swart, swarthy, black, dark
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  • Sweart ater, teter; ceruleus, Wrt. Voc. i. 46, 32, 53 (in a list of colours): furvus, ii. 34, 39, 40: fuscus, 38, 27: luridus, 53, 15: pullus, 57, 10: niger. Ælfc. Gr. 8 ; Zup. 27, 9 :

    caeruleus,

      Hpt. Gl. 516, 14.

  • Wuduréc sweart,

      Beo. Th. 6281; B. 3145.

  • Hræfn sweart and sealobrún,

      Fins. Th. 70; Fin. 35.

  • On ðæm clife hangodan manige swearte sáula . . . and ðæt wæter wæs sweart under ðæm clife neoðan,

      Blickl. Homl. 209, 34-211, 1.

  • Ðonne sweartan wolcnu (

    nubes atrae

    ) him beforan gáþ,
      Bt. 6; Fox 14, 22.

  • Engla and deófla, hwítra and sweartra,

      Exon. Th. 56, 9 ; Cri. 898.

  • Mænigeo sweartra gásta

    spirituum deformium multitudo,

      Bd. 5, 12 ; S. 628, 4.

  • On sweartum stafum and atollícum áwritene

    tetricis descripta litteris,

      5, 13; S. 633, 8.

  • Sweartran

    furviores,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 51.

  • Hí ásettan ofer hyre ða sweartestan fyðra,

      L. E. I. prm.; Th. ii. 398, 27.
of absence of light or brightness,
dark, black, gloomy
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  • Óðer (beám) wæs swá wynlíc, wlitig and scéne . . . wæs se óðer eallenga sweart, dim and þýstre. Cd. Th. 30, 35 ; Gen. 477.

  • Eów is hám sceapen sweart sinnehte,

      Exon. Th. 142, 26; Gú. 650.
  • Da þeóstre ðære sweartan nihte. Bt. 4; Fox 6, 34.

  • Ðære sweartan helle grund. Cd. Th. 22,

      24; Gen. 345.
  • Se ðe on þýstre færeþ, on sweartre niht. Exon. Th. 54, 23 ; Cri. 873.

  • Deorc gesweorc sinnihte sweart. Cd. Th. 7,

      21; Gen. 109.

  • Tó helle on ðone sweartan síð,

      45, 27 ; Gen. 733.

  • On díglum ł on sweartum dymnyssum

    latibulis,

      Hpt. Gl. 480, 28.

  • Landa sweartost hell. Cd. Th. 31,

      19; Gen. 487.
of absence of good, black (crime),
dark, dismal
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  • Gástas twegen, óðer biþ golde glædra, óðer biþ grundum sweartra,

      Salm. Kmbl. 976 ; Sal. 488.

  • Sweartes hǽðendómes

    tetrae gentilitatis,

      Hpt. Gl. 523, 41.

  • Micel yfelnyss wæs on Iudéiscum mannum, ðá ðá hí syrwdon mid sweartum geþance (

    with dark design

    ), hú hí Crist ácwealdon,
      Homl. Skt. i. 11, 318.

  • Swá lange swá hé hylt ðone sweartan níð on his heortan,

      Homl. Th. i. 54, 13.

  • Mánfulra heáp sweartne

    the devils,

      Salm. Kmbl. 299 ; Sal. 149.

  • Ic fela gefremede sweartra synna,

      Exon. Th. 261, 10; Jul 313 : 270, 20 ; Jul. 468.

  • Gé hellfirena sweartra geswícaþ,

      366, 4 ; Reb. 7.

  • In ða sweartestan and ða wyrrestan wítebrógan,

      Elen. Kmbl. 1859; El. 931.
Etymology
[Goth. swarts: O. Sax. O. Frs. swart : O. H. Ger. swarz : Icel. svartr.]
Similar entries
v. fýr-, swefel-sweart.
Linked entries
v.  swart swertling.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “sweart.” 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/29585.

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