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sweor-beáh

  • noun [ masculine ]
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sweor-beáh, gen.-beáges; m.
A collar, band or chain for the neck, necklace
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  • Myne vel sweorbéh monile vel

    serpentinum,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 40, 50.

  • Swurbeáh

    monile,

    • 74, 58.

  • Swurbéh murenula vel

    torques,

    • 16, 57.

  • Ic ann ðære hlǽfdigan ánes swyrbeáges on hundtwelftigum mancussum and ánæs beáges on þrítegum mancussum,

    • Chart. Th. 554, 1.

  • Ǽnne sweorbeáh (on XL mancysan, on LXXX mancys),

    • 501, 20, 31.

  • Ic ðé forgife gyldenne swurbeáh

    thou shall have a chain of gold about thy neck

    • (A. V.), Homl. Th. ii. 436, 4, 16.

  • Swurbeágas

    crepundia

    (cf. crepundium, i. monile gutturis myne, crepundia frætwunga, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 68-70),
    • Ælfc. Gr. 13
      • ;
    • Zup. 85, 9.

  • Suirbég[as]

    monilia,

    • Rtl. 4, 3.

  • Sweorbeágum ł halsmenum

    monilibus, lunulis,

    • Hpt. Gl. 434, 63.

  • Ic frætwode mínne swuran mid mænigfealdum swurbeágum,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 20, 57.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “sweor-beáh.” 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/29680.

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