on-swífan
- verb [ strong ]
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Bordrand onswáf wið ðam gryregieste Geáta dryhten
Beowulf turned his shield against the approaching fire-drake,
- Beo. Th. 5112; B. 2559.
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Ne mæg mon ǽfre ðý éð ǽnne his cræftes beniman, ðe mon oncerran mæg sunnan onswífan and ðisne swiftne rodor of his rihtryne,
- Met. 10, 40.
Bosworth, Joseph. “on-swífan.” 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/24781.
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