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swíþ-mód

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swíþ-mód, adj.
in a good sense,
great-souled, magnanimous, stout-hearted
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  • Com ðá tó lande lidmanna helm ( Beowulf ) swíðmód swymman,

    • Beo. Th. 3252
      • ;
    • B. 1624.

  • Swíðmód cyning,

    • Cd. Th. 222, 5
      • ;
    • Dan. 100: 225, 29
      • ;
    • Dan. 161: 244, 18
      • ;
    • Dan. 450.
stern-minded
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  • Á ðone feónd swíðmód swipeþ,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 185
      • ;
    • Sal. 92.

  • Folctogan faraþ him tógeánes, habbaþ swíðmóde sweopan, swenga ne wyrnaþ,

    • 243
      • ;
    • Sal. 121.
in a bad sense, of violent mind, arrogant, haughty, high-minded
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  • Dryhtguman síne drencte mid wíne swíþmód (cf. stíþmoda, l. 19) sinces brytta ( Holofernes ),

    • Judth. Thw. 21, 21
      • ;
    • Jud. 30: 26, 22
      • ;
    • Jud. 340.

  • Swíðmód cyning

    (Nebuchadnezzar after putting the three children in the furnace),
    • Cd. Th. 233, 1
      • ;
    • Dan. 269:
    ( the king at the time of the dream; cf. hé wæs wið God scyldig,
    • 250, 20
      • ;
    • Dan. 549
    ),
    • 249, 12
      • ;
    • Dan. 529.

  • Wearð hé swíðmód in sefan for ðære sundorgife ðe him God sealde,

    • 254, 3
      • ;
    • Dan. 606.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “swíþ-mód.” 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/29870.

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