for-swápan
- verb [ strong ]
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Hie wyrd forsweóp
fate has swept them away,
- Beo. Th. 959 ;
- B. 477.
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Hafaþ us God forswapen on ðás sweartan mistas
God has swept us into these dark mists,
- Cd. 21 ;
- Th. 25, 9 ;
- Gen. 391.
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Ealle wyrd forsweóp [MS. forsweof] míne mágas
fate has swept away all my kinsmen,
- Beo. Th. 5621 ;
- B. 2814.
Bosworth, Joseph. “for-swápan.” 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/11765.
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