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swilce

  • adverb
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swilce, swelce; adv. conj.
in like manner, also, as well, too
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  • Se com swylce tó-dæg tó mé

    ad me quoque hodie venire dignatus est,

    • Bd. 4, 3
      • ;
    • S. 568, 17.

  • Swylce hé brohte mycel feoh

    attulit autem et summam pecuniae non parvam,

    • 4, 11
      • ;
    • S. 599, 20.

  • Hé wæs sóþ man, ðý hine dorste deófol costian; swylce hé wæs sóþ God, ðý him englas þegnedon,

    • Blickl. Homl. 33, 34.

  • Swilce gelamp eft óðer wundor ðysum onlíc,

    • 221, 18.

  • Swilce óþre dæge ðæt ilce hié dydon,

    • 241, 30: Cd. Th. 81, 2
      • ;
    • Gen. 1339: 247, 24
      • ;
    • Dan. 502.

  • Swilce is seó feorðe

    there is also the fourth,

    • 15, 14
      • ;
    • Gen. 233.

  • Wǽglíðende swilce wíf heora

    the seafarers, their wives too,

    • 86, 18
      • ;
    • Gen. 1432.

  • Swylce,

    • Beo. Th. 226
      • ;
    • B. 113.

  • End suelce (suilcae, suilce

    )

    atqueve,

    • Txts. 37, 75.

  • Ic God herige and on God swylce gelýfe,

    • Ps. Th. 55, 4.

  • Ge swylce,

    • Beo. Th. 4508
      • ;
    • B. 2258.

  • Hié hæfdon manige glengas; eác swylce hié hæfdon wíf,

    • Blickl. Homl. 99, 20.

  • On ðære hálgan Ðrynnesse naman beó ðú hál, mid mínes láreówes geearnungum eác swylce gefultumod,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 6, 40.

  • Ná ðæt ǽnne ac eác swilce manige

    non solum unum, sed etiam plures,

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 26, 19.

  • Næs nó on gesundum þingum ánum, ac eác swylce on wiðer*-*weardum þingum,

    • Blickl. Homl. 13, 8.

  • Eác ic swylce on God gewéne,

    • Ps. Th. 55, 4.

  • Engla cynn and manna cynn and eác swylce werigra gásta,

    • Blickl. Homl. 83, 12.

  • Swylce eác feówer tída syndan,

    • 35, 15.

  • Hé helpeþ þearfan swylce eác wædlan

    parcet pauperi et inopi,

    • Ps. Th. 71, 13: Blickl. Homl. 75, 19: Judth. Thw. 21, 14
      • ;
    • Jud. 18: 26, 20
      • ;
    • Jud. 344.

  • Swylce hé ús álésde,

    • Blickl. Homl. 103, 13.

  • Fífe cyningas, swilce seofene eác eorlas,

    • Chr. 937
      • ;
    • Erl. 112, 30.

  • And ic ðé on hleóðre hearpan swylce eác gecwéme,

    • Ps. Th. 107, 2.
so, in such manner, in a manner already described
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  • Ðín mildheortnes is mycel wið heofenas, is ðín sóðfæstnes swylce wið wolcnum,

    • Ps. Th. 56, 12.

  • Lifge Ismael lárum swilce ðínum,

    • Cd. Th. 141, 18
      • ;
    • Gen. 2346.

  • Ne wé swylc ne gefrugnan ǽfre gelimpan, ðæt ðú in sundurgiefe swylce ( in such manner ) befénge,

    • Exon. Th. 6, 7
      • ;
    • Cri. 80.
as, like
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  • Ðonne ic wæs mid ludéum ic wæs swelce hié,

    • Past. 16
      • ;
    • Swt. 100, 7.

  • Ne beó gé swylce líceteras

    non eritis sicut hypocritae,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 6, 5.

  • Genóh byþ ðam leorningcnihte ðæt hé sý swylce ( sicut ) hys láreów, and þeów swylce hys hláfurd,

    • 10, 25.

  • Se áwyrgda gást is heáfod ealra unrihtwísra dǽda, swylce unrihtwíse syndon deófles leomo,

    • Blickl. Homl. 33, 8.

  • Hyre twigu beóþ swylce swínen byrst,

    • Lchdm. i. 156, 2.

  • Wearð gesewen swilce ánes mannes hand wrítende on ðære healle wáge,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 434, 33.

  • Steam up árás swylce réc,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1604
      • ;
    • El. 804: Andr. Kmbl. 178
      • ;
    • An. 89.

  • Hwylc biþ hé ( the body after death ) ðonne búton swylce stán,

    • Blickl. Homl. 21, 26: Homl. Th. i. 406, 14.

  • Mé geweorðode wuldres ealdor swylce swá hé his módor eác geweorðode,

    • Rood Kmbl. 181
      • ;
    • Kr. 92.
    See also passages under swilc,II.
as if
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  • Se wearð wið hine forwréged swylce (suoelce,

    • Lind.
    ) hé his gód forspilde

    quasi dissipasset bona ipsius,

    • Lk. Skt. 16, 1.

  • Swelce hié cwǽden

    as if they had said,

    • Past. pref.
      • ;
    • Swt. 5, 13.

  • Men gehýraþ myccle stefne on heofenum, swylce ðǽr man fyrde trymme and samnige,

    • Blickl. Homl. 91, 31: Ps. Th. 101, 3.

  • Ðæs temples segl sylf slát on tú, swylce hit seaxes ecg þurhwóde,

    • Exon. Th. 70, 20
      • ;
    • Cri. 1141.

  • Hié on swíman lágon, swylce hié wǽron deáðe geslegene,

    • Judth. Thw. 21, 23
      • ;
    • Jud. 31.
with words denoting measure, about
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  • Maria wunude mid hyre swylce (suælce,

    • Lind.
    : swelce,
    • Rush.
    ) þrý mónþas

    quasi mensibus tribus,

    • Lk. Skt. 1, 56.

  • Se Hǽlend wæs on ylde swylce þrítigwintre

    quasi annorum triginta,

    • 3, 23.

  • Betuh ðæm clife on (ond?) ðæm wætre wǽron swylce twelf míla,

    • Blickl. Homl. 211, 3.
Etymology
[
Sulch (ase, 2nd MS.) hit an liun were, Laym. 4085.
Sulc (alse, 2nd MS.) he walde awede, 6486.
]
Linked entries
v.  swálíce.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “swilce.” 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/29803.

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  • swilce, adv.

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