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sweostor

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
sweostor, swistor, swystor, swustor (-er, -ur); indecl. in sing.; pl. sweostor, sweostra, sweostru (u, y); f.
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §7; §52; §92; §94; §250; §263; §306; §415; §563;
A sister.
of blood relationship
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  • Saga ðæt ðú sié sweostor mín, líces mǽge,

    • Cd. Th. 110, 3, Gen. 1832.

  • Ðære swustur (suoester. Lind.: swester, Rush.) wæs Maria

    huic erat soror nomine Maria,

    • Lk. Skt. 10, 39.

  • Soester,

    • Lind. 10, 40.

  • Swuster,

    • Gen. 12, 13.

  • Seó yldre swyster,

    • 19, 33.

  • Sweostor bearna

    nepotum,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 70.

  • Se wæs his sweostor sunu,

    • Bd. 4, 16
      • ;
    • S. 584, 16.

  • Sweoster sunu,

    • 2, 3
      • ;
    • S. 504, 20.

  • Swuster sunu,

    • Byrht. Th. 135, 8
      • ;
    • By. 115.

  • Ðæt ðú gesecge sweostor mínre,

    • Exon. Th. 172, 32
      • ;
    • Gú. 1152.

  • Óþer him sylfum, óþer his sweoster,

    • Bd. 4, 6
      • ;
    • S. 574, 13: Homl. Th. ii. 546, 35.

  • Gif hé geméteþ óðerne æt his swister,

    • L. Alf. pol. 42
      • ;
    • Th. i. 90, 28.

  • Hé betǽhte hý his swyster,

    • Chr. 1048
      • ;
    • Erl. 180, 23.

  • Tó hyre gingran swuster,

    • Gen. 19, 31.

  • Forlét hé Pendan sweoster,

    • Bd. 3, 7; S. 529, 29.

  • Swustor (suoester, Lind.: swester, Rush.)

    sororem,

    • Jn. Skt. 11, 5.

  • Swuster,

    • Gen. 25, 20.

  • Hiera swostur (sweostor, swystor (-er), swustra) wǽrun Cuénburg and Cúþburh,

    • Chr. 718
      • ;
    • Th. pp. 70, 71.

  • Neogone wǽran Noðþæs sweoster,

    • Lchdm. iii. 62, 18.

  • Ealle his swustra

    (suoester, Lind.: swæster, Rush.),
    • Mt. Kmbl. 13, 56.

  • Swustra

    (suoestro, Lind.: swester, Rush.),
    • Mk. Skt. 6, 3.

  • Swestro,

    • Jn. Skt. Rush. 11, 3.

  • Ic seah vi. gebróþor and hyra sweostor mid,

    • Exon. Th. 394, 13
      • ;
    • Rä. 14, 2.

  • Ðe ne onfó swustru (swustra, MS. A.: suoestro, Lind.: swester, Rush.)

    • Mk. Skt. 10, 30.
of membership in a religious house
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  • Ætýwde sumre gódre swuster wundorlíc gesyhþ . . . Ðeós sweoster. . . ,

    • Bd. 4, 9
      • ;
    • S. 576, 18-30.

  • Seó gesomnung bróþra and sweostra,

    • 4, 19
      • ;
    • S. 589, 9.

  • Ðá ongan heó on gesomnunge ðare sweostra sécan . . . Heó nǽnige andsware findan mihte, ðeáh ðe heó georne sóhte æt ðám swustrum,

    • 4, 7
      • ;
    • S. 574, 35, 40.

  • Ðá geseah heó óþre sweoster (sorores) ymb hí restende . . . ðá áwæhte heó ealle ða sweostera,

    • 4, 23
      • ;
    • S. 596, 5-14.
Etymology
[
Goth. swistar
:
O. Sax. swestar
:
O. Frs. swester, suster
:
O. H. Ger. swestar
:
Icel. systir.
]
Similar entries
v. ge-sweostor; ge-sweosternu.
Linked entries
v.  suster ge-sweostor swuster swyster.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “sweostor.” 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/29723.

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  • sweostor, n.

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