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sweor-bán

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
sweor-bán, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§618;
The neck-bone, the neck
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  • Mín Drihten, ðú ðín hálige sweorbán geeádméddest, Anglia xii. 505, 22.
  • Óð swirbán

    usque ad cervices,

      Ps. Surt. ii. p. 190, 27: Ps. Spl. C. 128, 4.
  • Onheldon eówerra feónda swyrbán,

      Shrn. 86, 22.
Etymology
[The swyrebane he swappes in sondyre, Morte Arthure (Halliwell).]
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  • sweor-bán, n.