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swǽm

  • noun [ masculine ]
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swǽm, es; m.
A trifler, vain, foolish person
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  • Swǽm

    nugator, inutilis, vanus

    ,
      Germ. 389, 32.

  • Ic wylle ðæt Latona móder Apollinis and Diane fram mé gewíten, ðe Delo ákende, ðæs ðe ealde swǽmas gecýddon (

    as the foolish triflers of old declared

    ), Anglia viii.
      325, 29.

  • Nú mæg hér manna gehwilc gehýran hwet ðás swǽmas wǽron ðe ure yldra[n] him tó gebǽdon

    now may every one hear in this account (of the gods) what these vain creatures were, that our forefathers prayed to

    ,
      H. Z. xii. 408, 15.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “swǽm.” 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/29499.

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