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swegle

  • adverb
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swegle, adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§553;
Brightly, brilliantly, splendidly,
in a physical sense
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  • Ðonne sió reáde ród ofer ealle swegle scíneþ on ðære sunnan gyld,

      Exon. Th. 68, 13; Crl. 1103.
  • Scíneþ sunna swegle hát, sóna gecerreþ ísmere ǽnlíc on his ágen gecynd (cf. ðæt is for ðære sunna[n] scíman tó his ágnum gecynde weorþe,

      Bt. 39, 3; Fox 216, 1), Met. 28, 61.
  • Sumor swegle hát,

      Exon. Th. 338, 13; Gn. Ex. 78.
metaphorical
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  • Hý mótan his (

    Christ's

    ) ætwiste brúcan, swegle gehyrste weorðian Waldend (cf. ðonne scínaþ ða rihtwísan swá swá sunne on hyra Fæder ríce,
      Mt. 13. 43). Exon. 24, 32; Cri. 393.
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  • swegle, adv.