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sweartian

  • verb [ weak ]
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sweartian, p. ode
To make or to become black
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  • Ðanne sweartigaþ (sweratiged, MS.) hý (

    the teeth

    ) and feallaþ (-eð,
      MS. ), Lchdm. iii. 104, 17.
  • Hé sweartade (

    but see

    spearcian),
      Cd. Th. 269, 24; Sat. 78.
  • Ðá árás se wind, and ða wolcnu sweartodon,

      Homl. Skt. i. 18, 151.
  • Gesweartode

    denigratos,

      Hpt. Gl. 514, 32.
Etymology
[ꝥ te hude snawhwit swartete as hit snarchte, Marh. 18, 14. O. H. Ger. swarzen to become black: Icel. svarta to dye black.]
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v. á-sweartian.
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