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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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