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swátig

  • adjective
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Grammar
swátig, adj.
sweaty
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  • Ða ongan hé hine baðian swá swátigne

    cum sudans in amnem descendisset,

      Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 124, 31.
  • Godes engel mid handcláðe wípaþ ðine swátigan limu,

      Homl. Th. i. 426, 31.
bloody
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  • Sweord wæs swátig,

      Beo. Th. 3143; B. 1569.
  • Sweord and swátigne helm,

      Judth. Thw. 26, 20; Jud. 338.
  • Ðú meaht geseón on mínre sídan swátge wunde,

      Exon. Th. 89, 19; Cri. 1459.
Etymology
[M.H. Ger. sweizec: Ger. schweissig: Icel. sweitugr.]
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  • swátig, adj.