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ge-swétan

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-swétan, p. -swétte; pp. -swéted, -swét [swéte sweet]
To make sweet, sweeten, season; condīre, indulcāre, indulcōrāre
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  • Ic geswéte synna lustas

    I sweeten the delights of sins,

      Exon. 71 a; Th. 264, 24; Jul. 369.
  • His bodunga mid sóþre lufe symle geswétte

    he ever sweetened his preachings with true love,

      Homl. Th. ii. 148, 28.
  • Ic genam ða reliquias and mid swótum wyrtum gesweótte

    I took the relics and sweetened with sweet herbs,

      Nar. 49, 8.
  • Geswéted wín

    sweetened wine;

    defrucatum,
      Wrt. Voc. 290, 58.
  • Geswét wín

    mĕlicrātum = μελίκρατoν,

      Ælfc. Gl; 32; Som. 61, 113; Wrt. Voc. 27, 42.
  • Geswét eced

    sweetened vinegar;

    oximellum,
      32; Som. 61, 115; Wrt. Voc. 27, 44.
  • On geswéttum wætere

    in sweetened water,

      Herb. 103, 3; Lchdm. i. 218, 3: 33, 2; Lchdm. i. 132, 13: 111, 2; Lchdm. i. 224, 17.
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v.  swétan.
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