sweltan
- verb [ strong ]
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Swelte ic (
morior
) hér on lande,- Deut. 4, 22.
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Wǽgdeóra gehwylc swelteþ,
- Exon. Th. 61, 22; Cri. 988.
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Swylteþ,
- 385, 33; Rä. 4, 54: 419, 13; Rä. 38, 5.
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Ne swylteþ
non obierit,
- Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 35.
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Swylt
moritur,
- Jn. Skt. 21, 23.
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Hé swelt,
- Blickl. Homl. 245, 11.
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Gé sweltaþ,
- 8, 21.
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Ealle men sweltaþ,
- Bt. 18, 4; Fox 68, 13.
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Hí ne swyltaþ,
- Blickl. Homl. 47, 1.
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Hé swealt,
- Cd. Th. 70, 15; Gen. 1153.
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Swealt (sweolt,
- Thw.), Num. 20, 1.
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Hí swulton,
- Homl. Th. i. 84, 6: Cd. Th. 207, 10; Exod. 464.
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Ðæt án man swelte for folce,
- Jn. Skt. 11, 50.
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Ðæt hyt wǽre betere, ðæt án man swulte,
- 18, 14.
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Ðæt hé iwungen wǽre óþþæt hé swylte,
- Blickl. Homl. 193, 4.
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Hwí lǽddest ðú ús ðæt wé swulton on ðisum wéstene,
- Num. 21; 5.
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Ic mæg sweltan blíðelíce
laetus moriar,
- Gen. 46, 30: Mt. Kmbl. 26, 35: Ex. 10, 28.
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Sceal fǽge sweltan,
- Exon. Th. 335, 2; Gn. Ex. 27.
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Swyltan,
- Blickl. Homl. 59, 30.
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Se man scyle deádlíce swyltan (swiltan,
- MS. C.), Wulfst. 5, 9.
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Sweltende
obeuntem,
- Wrt. Voc. ii. 64, 54.
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Beón swyltende, Blickl. Homl. 75, 33. ¶
to die
by or of something, where the cause of death is expressed by a case or by a preposition with a noun :-- Ne swelte ic mid sáre,- Ps. Th. 117, 17.
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Ðú þurh deóra gripe deáþe sweltest,
- Exon. Th. 250, 11; Jul. 125.
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Gé sweltaþ deáðe,
- Cd. Th. 224, 28; Dan. 143.
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Draca morðre swealt,
- Beo. Th. 1789; B. 892: 5558; B. 2782.
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Hé forneáh hungre swealt,
- Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 170, 30.
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Hié hungre swultan,
- Blickl. Homl. 79, 15.
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Monige for hiora wundum swultan,
- Nar. 16, 9,
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Tó ðam ðe hé deáðe swelte,
- L. Alf. 13; Th. i. 48, 2.
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Ðú scealt deáðe sweltan
morte morieris,
- Gen. 2, 17: L. Alf. 14; Th. i. 48, 4.
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Ic sceal æt ðé sweltan deáðe,
- Homl. Th. ii. 308, 27.
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Wundum sweltan,
- Byrht. Th. 140, 25; By. 293.
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Hí ondrǽdaþ him ðæt hí sceolan swyltan for ðam húsle, L. Ælf. E.; Th. ii. 392, 3. ¶ to die to anything, become dead to,
have no further concern
with :-- Ðú scealt sweltan synna and Criste lybban,- Homl. Skt. i. 3, 592.
Bosworth, Joseph. “sweltan.” 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/29657.
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