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salwian

  • verb [ weak ]
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to make dark, to blacken
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  • Heó (the dove) nolde ǽfre under salwed bord (

    in the ark, which was dark-coloured from the pitch that had been smeared over it)

    syððan ætýwan,
      Cd. Th. 89, 15; Gen. 1481.
Etymology
[Cf. O. H. Ger. gi-salwian decolorare; salwet obscuratum; salawi fuscatio. v. Grff. vi. 183.]
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