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of-swelgan

  • verb
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to swallow up, devour
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  • Deáþ forsiehþ ða æþelo, and ðone rícan gelíce and ðone heánan ofswelgþ,

      Bt. 19; Fox 68, 33.
  • Cf. for*-*swelgan.
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  • of-swelgan, v.