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swyle

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
swyle, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§386;
A tumour, swelling, abscess
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  • Swyle

    apostema,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 35: ii. 7, 68.

  • Unwlitig swile . . . ðone ungeþwǽran swyle

    tumor deformis . . . tumorem illum infestum,

    • Bd. 4, 32
      • ;
    • S. 611, 17, 41.

  • Se earm wæs on mycelne swyle gecyrred . . . ðeáh ðe se swyle ðæs earmes gesýne sí

    brachium versum est in tumorem . . . tametsi tumor brachii manere videretur,

    • 5, 3
      • ;
    • S. 616, 6, 38.

  • Ðá ásweóll him se líchama . . . Ðá sóna eall se swyle gewát fram him,

    • Guthl. 16: Gdwin. 68, 24.

  • Wiþ innan-gewyrsmedum geswelle . . . lege on gelóme óþ ðætte open sié se swile,

    • Lchdm. ii. 72, 24.

  • Wiþ ceácena swyle and wiþ geagles swyle,

    • 2, 19, 20.

  • Wiþ ǽlcum heardum swile oððe geswelle,

    • 70, 20.

  • Wiþ deádum swile,

    • 74, 12, 15.

  • Wiþ springe . . . lege on ðone swile,

      80, 17.

  • Wið swylas, gáte tord; smyre mid ða swylas; hyt hý tódrífþ, and gedéþ ðæt hý eft ne árísaþ,

    • i. 354, 27.
Similar entries
v. fǽr-, fót-, geagl-, hand-swyle.
Linked entries
v.  swile.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “swyle.” 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/29928.

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  • swyle, n.

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