ge-swiðrian
- verb [ weak ]
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Mægen wæs geswiðrod
the might was destroyed,
- Elen. Kmbl. 1393; El. 698: 1833; El. 918: 2526; El. 1264: Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 18; Jud. 266.
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Ne mót innan geondscínan sunne for ðǽm sweartum mistum ǽr ðæm hí geswiðrad weorþen
the sun cannot shine through from within for the black mists before they are dissipated,
- Bt. Met. Fox 5, 90; Met. 5, 45.
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Ðæt helle fýr wæs siððan geswiðrad
that hell-fire was afterwards mitigated,
- Ors. 2, 6; Bos. 50, 20.
Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-swiðrian.” 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/16301.
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