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sweðung

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
sweðung, swoðung, e; f.
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  • Sweþing wiþ swile . . . gecnuwa ða wyrte, gemeng wið ǽges ðæt hwíte, beclǽm ðæt lim mid ðe se swile on sié,

      Lchdm. ii. 74, 24.
  • Sealfæ and sweþinge wið swylum,

      6, 30.
  • Gif hé sweðunga (swoðunga, R. Ben. Interl. 59, 11) gegearwode

    si exibuit fomenta,

      R. Ben. 52, 11.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. swedunga fomentum.]
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v.  swoðung.
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  • sweðung, n.