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Swǽfas

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
Swǽfas, Swǽfe; pl.
A Germanic people, the Suevi or Alamanni ('um diese zeit (4th cent.) pflegt an die stelle des alten Suevennamens die benennung Alamannen einzutreten,' Grmm. D. S. 348), the Swabians
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  • Swǽfas forhergodon ealle Galliam

    Alamanni Gallias pervagantes

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      Ors. 6, 24; Swt. 276, 3.

  • Wið norþan Donua ǽwielme and be eástan Ríne sindon Eást-Francan; and be súþan him sindon Swǽfas, on óþre healfe ðære ié Donua; and be súþan him and be eástan sindon Bægware, se dǽl ðe mon Regnesburg hǽtt . . . Tó ðǽm beorgan ðe mon Alpis hǽtt licgaþ Begwara landgemǽro and Swǽfa,

      1, 1; Swt. 16, 1-14.

  • Engle and Swǽfe,

      Exon. Th. 321, 10; Wíd. 44.

  • Mid Englum ic wæs and mid Swǽfum. 322,

      10; Wíd. 61.

  • Witta weóld Swǽfum,

      319, 34; Wíd. 22.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. Suáb Alamannus, Suába, Suápa Suevi.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “Swǽfas.” 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/29497.

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