swancor
- adjective
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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.]
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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,]
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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.
Bosworth, Joseph. “swancor.” 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/29541.
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