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sweor

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
sweor, swer, swyr, es; m. f.
Wright's OE grammar
§87; §173; §238; §246; §329;
A column, pillar (lit. or fig.), that which is shaped like a pillar
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  • Swer

    columna,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 32: 81, 15.

  • Ufeweard swer

    epistilia,

    ii.
      30, 29.

  • Ðú eart leóhtes swer,

      Blickl. Homl. 141, 1.

  • Drihten swutelode him ðone weg on dæg þurh swert tácn on sweres gelícnysse, and on niht swilce án byrnende swer him fór beforan,

      Ex. 13, 21: Homl. Th. ii. 196, 8.

  • Mid ðý fýrenan sweore on nieht and on dæg mid ðý sweore ðæs wolcnes,

      Past. 41, 5; Swt. 304, 7.

  • On swere (swiorum, MS. T.)

    in columna (nubis ),

      Ps. Spl. 98, 7.

  • Þurh wolcnes swyr,

      Ps. Th. 98, 7.

  • Hé geseah swer standan, and ofer ðone swer ǽrne onlícnesse,

      Blickl. Homl. 239, 21.

  • Greáte swá stǽnene sweras

    uastitudine columnarum,

      Nar. 36, 13.

  • Hí héton hine standan betwux twám stǽnenum swerum: on ðám twám swerum stód ðæt hús geworht. And Samson . . . gelǽhte ða sweras,

      Jud. 16, 25-29.
  • Ðæt gér is underwryðed mid þrím swerum, ða synd ðus gecíged, id. 'and non̄. and kl.', Anglia viii. 301, 37.

  • Swyras (swioras, MS. T.: sweras, MS. C.)

    columnas,

      Ps. Spl. 74, 3.

  • Sweoras gata

    seras portarum,

      Ps. Spl. T. 147, 2.

  • Hire swyre

    columnas ejus,

      Ps. Th. 74, 3.

  • Sweras unlytle, stapulas, Andr. Kmbl. 2985; An. 1495. [Sweor

    columna,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 92, 55.
    ]
Etymology
[Grimm, R. A. 370, gives from a Swiss source 'an ein schwiren binden.]
Linked entries
v.  swer swyr.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “sweor.” 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/29677.

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