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for-swælan

  • verb [ weak ]
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for-swælan, p. de; pp, ed
To burn, burn up, consume, scorch; ūrĕre, exūrĕre, combūrĕre, concrĕmāre, exæstuāre
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  • Ic forswæle oððe forbærne

    ūro,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4
      • ;
    • Som. 31, 11.

  • Hé wendon to Wealinga forda, and ðæt eall forswældon

    they turned to Wallingford and burnt it all,

    • Chr. 1006
      • ;
    • Th. 256, 26, col. 1.

  • Fýr forswælþ wudu, swá swá líget forswælende dúna

    ignis combūrit silvam, sīcut flamma combūrens montes,

    • Ps. Lamb. 82, 15.

  • Ða hit [sǽd] upeóde, seó sunne hit forswælde

    when it [the seed] grew up, the sun scorched [burnt up] it,

    • Mk. Bos. 4, 6,

    quando exortus est sol, exæstuāvit [ἐκαυματίσθη],

    • Vulg.

  • Onleóht breóst and ðínre lufe forswæl

    illūmĭna pectŏra tuoque ămōre concrĕma,

    • Hymn. Surt. 36, 12.

  • Hí wurdon mid swæflenum fýre forswælede

    they were burnt up with sulphurous fire,

    • Boutr. Scrd. 22, 32: Homl. Th. ii. 496, 27.

  • We sind mid lígum forswælede

    we are scorched up with flames,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 494, 20.
Etymology
[
Laym. p. forswælde, pp. forswæled.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “for-swælan.” 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/11764.

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