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swéte

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Grammar
swéte, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§129; §298; §434; §438; §443; §444; §553;
Sweet.
in reference to the senses (lit. or fig.)
of taste
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  • Ðis ofet is swá swéte,

    • Cd. Th. 41, 12
      • ;
    • Gen. 655.

  • Ðæt is for hwí se góda lǽce selle ðam hálum men séftne drenc and swétne, and óðrum hálum biterne and strangne,

    • Bt. 39, 9
      • ;
    • Fox 226, 11, 13.

  • Swéte ofer hunig

    dulcia super mel,

    • Ps. Spl. 118, 103.

  • Gif hwá biteres hwes onberede, ðæt him þúhte beóbreád ðí swétre,

    • Bt. 23 tit.
      • ;
    • Fox xiv, 10.

  • Sweótran ofer hunig,

    • Ps. Surt. 18, 11.
used substantively
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    Wá eów ðe taliaþ ungód tó góde, biter ðing tó swéte and swéte belǽþaþ,

    • Wulfst. 47, 7,
of food, sweet in sweet-meat, delicate
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  • Swéte mete

    dapis,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 29.

  • Se swéta mete ðe hié héton monna,

    • Past. 17
      • ;
    • Swt. 125, 19.

  • Wyt ǽton swétne mete

    ( dulces cibos )

    ,
    • Ps. Th. 54, 13.

  • Fram swéttrum mettum

    a cibis luculentioribus

    ,
    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 25.
used substantively
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  • :-- Hé forlét eall ðæt ðǽr líðes wæs and swétes

    astu instructa vino epulisque deseruit,

    • Ors. 2, 4
      • ;
    • Swt. 76, 14.

  • Ys sáwl mín swétes gefylled

    adipe et pinguedine repleatur anima mea,

    • Ps. Th. 62, 5.

  • Ne mæg se flǽschoma swéte forswelgan,

    • Exon. Th. 311, 20
      • ;
    • Seef. 95.
of smell, sweet, fragrant
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  • Ðǽr wæs swíþe swéte stenc,

    • Blickl. Homl. 145, 29.

  • Wyrta wearmiaþ, willsele stýmeþ swétum swæccum,

    • Exon. Th. 212, 22
      • ;
    • Ph. 214.

  • Swétum wyrtum

    with sweet-smelling herbs,

    • 241, 6
      • ;
    • Ph. 652.

  • Wynsumra steám, swéttra and swíþra,

    • 358, 15
      • ;
    • Pa. 46.

  • Of múðe cwom swecca swétast,

    • 178, 20
      • ;
    • Gú. 1247.

  • Ðara swétestena wyrta,

    • Bd. 3, 8
      • ;
    • S. 532, 20.
of freedom from unpleasant taste or smell, sweet, pure, untainted
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  • Mere in ðæm wǽre fersc wæter and swéte genóg

    (stagnum dulcissime aque)

    ,
    • Nar. 11, 26.

  • Ðá wæs ic gefeónde ðæs swétan wætres and ðæs ferscan

    dulci aqua potata gaudio,

    • 12, 10.

  • Merum hlúttor wín oððe swerum, mero wíne (l. (?) mero swétum wíne),

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 56, 44.

  • Drince on swétum wætre,

    • Lchdm. ii. 134, 23.

  • Bæþ of swétum ferscum wæterum,

    • 194, 10.
of sound, sweet, harmonious
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  • Swég ðæs swétan sanges,

    • Bd. 5, 12
      • ;
    • S. 630, 23.

  • Swég eallum songcræftum swétra,

    • Exon. Th. 206, 26
      • ;
    • Ph. 132.

  • Ðá gehýrde hé ða swétestan stæfne,

    • Bd. 4, 3
      • ;
    • S. 567, 39.
in reference to the feelings, sweet, agreeable, pleasant
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  • Mé swéte and wynsum wæs ðæt ic oððe leornode oððe lǽrde

    aut discere aut docere dulce habui,

    • Bd. 5, 24
      • ;
    • S. 647, 27.

  • Cristes onsýn on sefan swéte sínum folce, biter bealofullum,

    • Exon. Th. 56, 29
      • ;
    • Cri. 908
      • .

  • Hwæt déþ ðæt swéte word? Hit gemanigfealdaþ mannes freóndscipe and stilleþ mannes feónd

    (cf. a soft answer turneth away wrath),
    • Salm. Kmbl. 204, 45.

  • Geocc mín suoet ł éðe (wynsum, Rush., W. S.) is

    jugum meum suave est

    ,
    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 11, 30.

  • Swoete and reht Dryhten

    dulcis et rectus Dominus

    ,
    • Ps. Surt. 24, 8.

  • Ðú ðín swéte good sealdest þearfum,

    • Ps. Th. 67, 11.

  • Ða geógoðlustas ðe him swéte wǽron tó áræfnenne,

    • Blickl. Homl. 59. 10.

  • Hí mihton eáþe secgan sóþspell, gif him ða leásunga nǽron swétran,

    • Bt. 35, 4
      • ;
    • Fox 162, 16.

  • Se swétesta láreów and se wynsumesta

    doctor suavissimus,

    • Bd. 5, 22
      • ;
    • S. 644, 3.

  • Hwæt ðé sý her on worlde swétast and leófast gesewen ðínra ǽhta,

    • Blickl. Homl. 195, 20.

  • Mín se swétesta sunnan scíma,

    • Iuliana, Exon. Th. 252, 20
      • ;
    • Jul. 166.

  • Dohtor mín seó dýreste and seó swéteste,

    • 248, 11
      • ;
    • Jul. 94
      • .
Etymology
[
O. Sax. swóti
:
O. Frs. swéte
:
O. H. Ger. suozi
:
Icel. sœtr.
]
Similar entries
v. hunig-, un-swéte; swót, swóte.
Linked entries
v.  swerum swót.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “swéte.” 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/29745.

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