swearte
- adverb
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Sió gítsung swearte swǽfeþ onlíce ðam munte ðe monna bearn Etne hátaþ,
- Met. 8, 47 (v. swǽfan). Satanus swearte geþohte (cf. Milton's 'dark designs,' and v. sweart, III), ðæt hé wolde on heofonum héhseld wyrcan. Cd. Th. 287, 22 ; Sat. 371.
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Satanus swearte
(miserably)
þingaþ and ða atolan mid him wítum wérige,- 292, 28 ; Sat. 447.
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Him ðæt swearte forgeald (
made grievous compensation
) Iudas innon helle,- 301, 8; Sat. 578.
Bosworth, Joseph. “swearte.” 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/29586.
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