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sweðrian

  • verb [ weak ]
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sweðrian, swiðrian, sweoðerian; p. ode (some instances of the cpd. ge*-*sweðrian, omitted under that word, are given here)
To retire, withdraw, abate, subside, decrease, fail, come to an end:?-Sweðraþ facessit, discedit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 33,
    30. Gesweðeriaþ fatescunt (fatiscere dissolvi, Migne), 96, 18. Mylt, sweþrede, áswand, áteorade dissolvitur, desinit, discedit, 147, 25. Gesuedrade, gesuidradae, gisuderadae constipuisse, Txts. 53, 525. Geswiðrade, Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 71. Gesweþrade constipuit, i. defecit, 133, 63. Sweþeredan fatescunt, 37, 29: facescunt, 91, 61. Gesueðradun, -suedradum exoleverunt, Txts. 61, 786. Exoliverunt, i. tabuerunt, eruperunt, arripuerunt, vel gesweþredon, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 82. Sweþriendum facessante, 33, 29. Sweðriende, 75, 20.
in reference to concrete things
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  • Se bryne sweþraþ

    the burning ceases,

      Exon. Th. 213, 24; Ph. 229.

  • Swég swiðrode

    the sound ceased,

      Cd. Th. 197, 18; Exod. 309.

  • Cyre (cyrr?) swiðrode sǽs æt ende (

    the sea no longer ebbed (?), it rolled back upon the Egyptians ),

      207, 12; Exod. 465.

  • Mere sweoðerade (

    the sea subsided

    ), ýða ongin eft oncyrde, hreóh holmþracu,
      Andr. Kmbl. 930; An. 465.

  • Dryhten forlét dægcandelle scíre scínan, sceadu sweðe*-*rodon,

      1672; An. 838.

  • Sweþredon,

      Exon. Th. 179, 16; Gú. 1262.

  • Swiðredon,

      Cd. Th. 184, 27; Exod. 113.

  • Ðonne dú ongite ðæt ðæt geswel hnescige and swiþrige,

      Lchdm. ii. 208, 16.

  • Ðæt fýr ongon sweðrian,

      Beo. Th. 5397; B. 2702.

  • Swiðrian,

      Cd. Th. 8, 34; Gen. 134.
in reference to abstract things
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  • Se longa gefeá ǽfre ne sweþraþ

    the long joy never comes to an end,

      Exon. Th. 238, 23; Ph. 608.

  • Hwæþere him ðæs wonges wyn sweðrade

    whether the delight in the plain was abating with him,

      123, 16; Gú. 323.

  • Hild sweðrode, earfoð and ellen,

      Beo. Th. 1807; B. 901.

  • Gif mægen swiðrade,

      Cd. Th. 193, 7; Exod. 242.

  • Nó swiðrode ríce,

      256, 12; Dan. 639.

  • Him sweðraden synna lustas

    sinful joys subsided in him,

      Exon. Th. 109, 2; Gú. 84.

  • Metod lét Babilone blǽd swiðrian,

      Cd. Th. 258, 30; Dan. 683.
  • v. ge*-*sweðerian; swaðrian, and next word.
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v.  swaðrian sweðerian swiðrian ge-sweðerian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “sweðrian.” 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/29749.

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