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sweotole

  • adverb
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sweotole, adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§553;
of a physical action,
clearly, without obstruction
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  • Steorran geseón swá sutole swá on niht,

      Blickl. Homl. 93, 20.

  • Gé sweotule geseóþ Dryhten faran,

      Exon. Th. 32, 13; Cri. 512.

  • Sweotole on ðæs hǽþenes heáfod starian,

      Judth. Thw. 24, 8; Jud. 177.

  • Ðonne sió sunne sweotolost scíneþ,

      Met. 6, 3.
in a manner open to general observation, evidently, openly, plainly, publicly
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  • Wǽron heardingas sweotole gesamnod,

      Elen. Kmbl. 51; El. 26.

  • Sweotule ða forweorðaþ (

    their destruction will be seen by all

    ),
      Ps. Th. 101, 23.

  • Sunne hire setlgang sweotule healdeþ,

      103, 18.
openly, without reserve or
concealment, plainly
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  • Nis nú nán ðe ic him módsefan mínne durre sweotule ásecgan,

      Exon. Th. 287, 8; Wand. 11.
of thinking, knowing, stating, explaining, etc.,
clearly
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  • Sweotole ongitan,

      Bt. 33, 2; Fox 124, 34: Met. 26, 107.

  • Sueotole, sweotule,

      Past. 7; Swt. 49, 2.

  • Sweotule cunnan,

      Ps. Th. 118, 12.

  • Sweotele gecnáwan,

      Bt. 3, 1; Fox 4, 29.

  • Sweotole oncnáwan,

      Met. 12, 29.

  • Swotole,

      Bd. 2, 12; S. 515, 20: 3, 14; S. 540, 15.

  • Swutele, swutole tócnáwan,

      Bt. 20; Fox 72, 15, 20.

  • Be ðære sunnan sweotole geþencean,

      Met. 5, 1.

  • Sweotole secgan,

      Met. 20, 182: Elen. Kmbl. 335; El. 168.

  • Sweotole gecýðan,

      1718; El. 861.

  • Sweotole gereccan,

      Bt. 35, 3; Fox 160, 5.

  • Swetole,

      Met. 8, 2.

  • Sweotule geséþan,

      Exon. Th. 15, 28; Cri. 243.

  • Ða siex stafas sweotule bécnaþ,

      407, 5: Rä. 25, 10.

  • Sweotolor,

      Bt. 34, 6; Fox 142, 3: 11, 1; Fox 30, 29: Met. 12, 23: Shrn. 188, 31.

  • Hwæðer ðú hit á sweotolor (

    any more clearly

    ) ongiton mǽge,
      Bt. 34, 4; Fox 138, 16.

  • Swá hé hit sweotolost and andgitfullícost gereccan mihte,

      Bt. proœm.; Fox viii, 4.
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v.  swetole swotole.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “sweotole.” 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/29729.

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