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ge-swefian

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-swefian, ic -swefige; p. ode; pp. od [swefan to sleep]
To cause to sleep, cast asleep, lull, appease; sōpīre, sŏpōrāre
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  • Ic geswefige sōpio, Ælfc. Gr. 30, 5; Som. 34, 57, MS. D. God geswefode ðone Adam

    God caused Adam to sleep,

      Homl. Th. i. 14, 20.
  • Drihten on róde mid deáþe wæs geswefod

    the Lord was put to sleep by death on the cross,

    ii.
      260, 18: i. 496, 12: Boutr. Scrd. 19, 37.
  • Ic eom geswefod

    sŏpōrātus sum,

      Ps. Lamb. 3, 6.
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