ge-swerian
- verb [ weak ]
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Ic ðæt geswerige þurh sunu Meotudes
this I swear by the son of the Creator,
- Elen. Kmbl. 1368; El. 686.
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Ic geswerge
I swear,
- Exon. 67 a; Th. 247, 17; Jul. 80.
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Swá ic geswór wið Drihten
sīcut jūrāvit Domĭno,
- Ps. Th. 131, 2.
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Ðú geswóre Apollonio
thou didst swear to Apollonius,
- Apol. Th. 23, 5.
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He befóran his fæder gesweór, ðæt he nǽfre ne wurde Rómána freónd
he swore before his father that he would never become a friend of the Romans,
- Ors. 4, 8; Bos. 89, 25.
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Him betweonum geswóran
they took an oath among themselves,
- 1, 11; Bos. 34, 37: 1, 14; Bos. 37, 16.
Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-swerian.” 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/16270.
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