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swǽlan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
swǽlan, p. de
To burn (trans.)
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  • Onǽl ł swǽl ł bærn lændenu

    ure renes

    ,
      Ps. Lamb. 25, 2.
  • Hé sende of heofonum swǽlende lég,

      Wulfst. 213, 6.
Etymology
[Heo heom letten swalen inne swærte fure (þe mahunes mid fure hii forswelde, 2nd MS.), Laym. 10188. Berned heore halles & swaleð heore bures, 6147. A bernene drake borwes swelde, 25594. Halliwell gives sweal, swale to burn.]
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v. be-, for-, ge-swælan (read -swǽlan); sám-, unfor-swǽled, swelan.
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