ge-swefian
- verb [ weak ]
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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.
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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.
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Ic eom geswefod
sŏpōrātus sum,
- Ps. Lamb. 3, 6.
Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-swefian.” 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/16249.
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