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swíðrian

  • verb [ weak ]
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swíðrian, p. ode.
to become or
be stronger, to prevail
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  • Ðæt wæter swíðrode swíðe ofer ða eorðan

    aquae praevaluerunt nimis super terram,

      Gen. 7, 19.
  • Se hunger þearle swíðrode

    praevaluerat fames in terra,

      12, 10.
  • Hé swýðrode on ídelnysse his

    praevaluit in vanitate ejus,

      Ps. Lamb. 51, 9.
  • Saulus micclum swýðrode

    Saul increased the more in strength

    (A.
      V. Acts 9, 22), Homl. Th. i. 388, 3.
  • Hyra stefna swíðredon

    invallescebant voces eorum,

      Lk. Skt. 23, 23.
to avail
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  • Seó hálwende onsægedness[e] tó écre álýsnesse swíþrade and fromade

    sacrificium salutare ad redemptionem valeret,

      Bd. 4, 22; S. 592, 28.
  • Swíþrian valere, swíþrigende

    valens,

      Hymn. Surt. 70, 3, 5.
Similar entries
v. ofer-swíðrian.
Linked entries
v.  a-swýðerian.
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