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Grammar
swilc, swelc; pron. (the word can take the weak declension).
Wright's OE grammar
§311; §471; §560;
where the word points to what has been already described, such,
used substantively, that which has been already described, the like, the same
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  • Ne biþ swylc ( the practice already described ) cwénlíc þeáw,

    • Beo. Th. 3885
      • ;
    • B. 1940.

  • Ne biþ swylc earges síð,

    • 5076
      • ;
    • B. 2541.

  • Ne sceolde ðé nán man swelces tó geléfan

    no one would believe such a thing of you,

    • Bt. 5, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 10, 2: 19
      • ;
    • Fox 68, 32.

  • Hé ǽfre swylces geswíce,

    • L. Ath. i. 6
      • ;
    • Th. i. 202, 17.

  • Heó áwiht swylces ne hýrdon,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1139
      • ;
    • El. 571.

  • Gif wífmen hwæt swylces derige,

    • Lchdm. i. 236, 3: Beo. Th. 1764
      • ;
    • B. 880.

  • Hærincgas and leaxas . . . and fela swylces

    ( et similia)

    ,
    • Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 13.

  • Hæleða fela swelces and swelces wundraþ,

    • Met. 28, 49.

  • Be swilcum and swilcum ðú miht ongitan,

    • Bt. 38, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 196, 11: Met. 26, 107.

  • Wundorsióna fela secga gehwylcum ðara ðe on swylc staraþ,

    • Beo. Th. 1997
      • ;
    • B. 996: 5589
      • ;
    • B. 2798: Met. 30, 18.

  • Gif hím (a lunatic) gelimpe ðæt hé man ofsleá . . . his mágas hine wið óðær swylc gescyldan

    propinqui ejus eum contra simile quid servent,

    • L. Ecg. P. addit. 29
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 236, 31.

  • Swylcra síþfæt

    ( the journey of those just mentioned ),
    • Exon. Th. 400, 12
      • ;
    • Rä. 20, 9.

  • Hú hé swylce ácwealde,

    • Ps. Th. 108, 16.

  • Oft ða swelcan (swylcan, Cott. MSS.) monn sceal forsión,

    • Past. 37, 2
      • ;
    • Swt. 265, 17.
used adjectivally, like that already described,
agreeing with a noun
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  • Hine swelces gamenes gilpan lyste,

    • Met. 9, 19.

  • Swylces morðres,

    • 32.

  • Hig worhton óðer swilc þing

    fecerunt quaedam similiter,

    • Ex. 7, 11.

  • Hé ǽr ne síð óðre swylce láre gehýrde,

    • Exon. Th. 169, 10
      • ;
    • Gú. 1092: Blick. Homl. 189, 22.

  • Geþyld and ryhtwísnes and wísdóm and manege swelce cræftas,

    • Bt. 34, 6
      • ;
    • Fox 142, 1.

  • Se is tó lytel swelcra láriówa,

    • Met. 10, 55.

  • Manegum swylcum ( talibus ) bigspellum hé spræc tó him,

    • Mk. Skt. 4, 33.

  • Manna sáulum hé gyfþ swilca gyfa. Ða swilcan gifa hí ne þurfon forlǽtan,

    • Shrn. 192, 3.
predicatively
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  • Hió nǽfre siþþan swelc wæs

    it (Rome) was never the same afterwards,

    • Ors. 6, 1: Swt. 252, 24.

  • Gif hé suelc (swelc, Cott. MSS.) wǽre,

    • Past. 16
      • ;
    • Swt. 101, 10.

  • Swelc wæs þeáw hira,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 50
      • ;
    • An. 25.

  • Swylc,

    • Beo. Th. 359
      • ;
    • B. 178.

  • Ðæt úre tída ne mihtan weorðan swilce,

    • Bt. 15
      • ;
    • Fox 48, 18.

  • Swelce,

    • Met. 8, 42.
as an antecedent
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  • Swælc monn se ðe tó mínum ærfe fóe gedéle hé ǽlcum messepreóste binnan Cent mancus goldes,

    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 351, 4.

  • Ðá com leóht swilc swá hí ǽr ne gesáwon,

    • Homl. Skt. ii. 29, 263.

  • Eal swylce seó mettrumnes biþ ðæs seócan mannes . . . swylc is ðæt líf ðysses middan*-*geardes,

    • Blickl. Homl. 59, 31.

  • Wǽre se man on swelcum lande swelce hé wǽre,

    • Bt. 27, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 98, 27.

  • Ðæt hé ðone hláf on swilcere stówe áwurpe, ðǽr hine nán man findan ne mihte,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 162, 25.

  • Wé swylc ne gefrugnan gelimpan, ðæt ðú befénge,

    • Exon. Th. 6, 3
      • ;
    • Cri. 78.

  • Ymb swelc tó sprecanne hwelc hit ðá wæs,

    • Ors. 10
      • ;
    • Swt. 48, 4.

  • Swelce burg gewyrcan swelce sió wæs,

    • 2, 4
      • ;
    • Swt. 74, 8.

  • Gif ic hæfde swilcne anweald, swylce God hæfþ,

    • Bt. 38, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 196, 19.

  • Se wolde habban swilcne hlísan swá Benedictus,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 162, 18: Soul Kmbl. 278
      • ;
    • Seel. 143.

  • Hí ne þurhwuniaþ swelca, swelce hí ǽr tó cóman,

    • Bt. 11, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 30, 28.

  • Swylcra yrmða swá ðú unc scrife,

    • Soul Kmbl. 201
      • ;
    • Seel. 102.

  • Búton hé hæbbe swylce þéningmen ðe þeáwfæstnysse him gebeódon,

    • Homl. Skt. i. pref., 62.
in correlative clauses, swilc . . . swilc such . . . as
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  • Swylc biþ wedera cyst, swylc wæs on ðam fýre,

    • Cd. Th. 238, 6
      • ;
    • Dan. 350.

  • Swylc scolde eorl wesan, swylc Æschere wæs,

    • Beo. Th. 2661
      • ;
    • B. 1328.

  • Mid swelce hrægle hé in eode, mid swelce gange hé út,

    • L. Alf. 11
      • ;
    • Th. i. 46, 3.

  • Swylce mǽla swylce hira mandryhtne þearf gesǽlde,

    • Beo. Th. 2502
      • ;
    • B. 1249.

  • Eahtige hé hine selfne suelcne suelcne hé ondrǽtt ðæt hé sié,

    • Past. 17
      • ;
    • Swt. 119, 8
      • .

  • Séce swylcne hláford, swylcne hé wille,

    • L. Ath. iv. 1
      • ;
    • Th. i. 220, 24.

  • Beóþ swylce (suælce, Lind.) gedréfednessa swylce (suelco, Lind.) ne gewurdon

    ( tales quales non fuerunt )

    ,
    • Mk. Skt. 13, 19: Beo. Th. 6309
      • ;
    • B. 3165.
containing both antecedent and relative, such as
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  • Ðonne ic wæs mid ludéum, ic wæs swelc hié,

    • Past. 16
      • ;
    • Swt. 101, 6.

  • Gestreón swilc ðǽr funden wæs,

    • Cd. Th. 220, 5
      • ;
    • Dan. 66.

  • Ná hýrde wé ðæt ǽnig wurde hús árǽred swylic ðæt mǽre wæs,

    • Anglia xi. 9, 30.

  • Gódfremmendra swylcum gifeðe biþ

    to such as it shall be granted,

    • Beo. Th. 604
      • ;
    • B. 299: Met. 26, 87.

  • Swilce wé ðé daga cígen

    on such day as we call to thee,

    • Ps. Ben. 19, 9.

  • Eahtige hé hiene selfne swelcne hé ondrǽt ðæt hé sié,

    • Past. 17
      • ;
    • Swt. 118, 8.

  • Hæfde his ende gebidenne swylcne hé ǽr æfter worhte,

    • Judth. Thw. 22, 17
      • ;
    • Jud. 65.

  • Eall gedǽlan swylc him God sealde,

    • Beo. Th. 145
      • ;
    • B. 72.

  • Ealle swylce hí habban scoldon,

    • 3599
      • ;
    • B. 1797.

  • Cyningas swylce iú wǽron,

    • Exon. Th. 310, 32
      • ;
    • Seef. 83.

  • Beaduþreáta mǽst swylce cyning ymbsittendra meahte ábannan tó beadwe,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 64
      • ;
    • El. 32.
in expressions relating to quantity or number, so (as) much, so (as) many
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  • Hwítes sealtes swilc swá mǽge mid feówer fingrum geniman

    as much white salt as may be taken with four fingers,

    • Lchdm. ii. 130, 2.

  • Swelc swá biþ þreó beána,

    • 228, 5.

  • Selle him twá swylc swylce man æt him nime,

    • i. 400, 18.

  • Mealwan seáwes þrý lytle bollan gemengde wiþ swilc tú wæteres (

    twice as much water

    ),
    • 214, 15.

  • Genim wínes and eles swilc healf

    take some wine and of oil half as much,

    • 180, 11.

  • Medmicel pipores and óþer swilc cymenes

    a moderate amount of pepper and an equal quantity of cummin,

    • 256, 5: 134, 26.

  • Feówertig daga nihta óðer swilc

    forty days and as many nights

    ,
    • Cd. Th. 83, 21
      • ;
    • Gen. 1383: Beo. Th. 3170
      • ;
    • B. 1583: Menol. Fox 279
      • ;
    • Men. 141.
Etymology
[
Laym. swilc, swulc, swulch; soch, 2nd MS.
:
Orm. swillc
:
A. R. Marh. O. and N. swuch
:
R. Glouc. such
:
Goth. swa-leiks
:
O. Sax. su-lík
:
O. Frs. se-lík, selk, sulk, sulch, suck
:
O. H. Ger. so-líh, su-líh, solh
:
Icel. slíkr.
]
Linked entries
v.  swá-lic swelc swylc.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “swilc.” 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/29802.

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