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swancor

  • adjective
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swancor, adj.
Bending easily.
of a horse (cf.
Icel. svangr used in the same connection), slender, slim, active and graceful in movement
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  • þrió wicg swancor and sadolbeorhte,

      Beo. 4356; B. 2175.
  • [Jamieson gives swank slender; limber, agile: swanking supple, active: swanky tall and lank: swanky a strapping young countryman.]
pliant, supple
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  • Hine Níðhád on néde legde swoncre seonobende

    supple sinew-bands (? see

    seonu-bend).
      Exon. Th. 377, 19; Deór. 6.
  • [Cf. M.H. Ger. swankel: Ger. schwank flexible, slim: Swed. swank a bend; swank; adj. pliable, flexible; swank-rem girth-leather,]
without firmness, feeble, weak
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  • Mín sául gewearð swancur on móde ðǽr ic on ðínre hǽlu hogode

    defecit in salutari tuo anima mea,

      Ps. Th. 118, 81.
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  • swancor, adj.