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ge-swǽre

  • adjective
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Grammar
ge-swǽre, adj.
Heavy, oppressed, afflicted
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  • He lǽrde ǽlcne man ðe geswǽre and ofercumen, and eft gefriþod byþ, ðæt he swá ylce Gode þancode

    he taught every man that is oppressed and overcome, and afterwards is saved, that he in the same way should thank God,

      Ps. Th. 47, argument.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. ge-swar.]
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v. ge-swǽre, subst; and swǽr.
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  • ge-swǽre, adj.