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swiling

  • noun [ feminine ]
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swiling, and swilling, e; f.
A swilling, washing, gargling, gargle
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  • Clǽsnunga and swilling wið hrúm and gillistrum,

      Lchdm. ii. 2, 3.
  • Wyrc ðus swilinge tó heáfdes clǽnsunge . . . habbe on múþe lange, ðonne yrnþ ðæt gillister út. Eft óþru swiling . . . súpe wlæc and ðæt geagl swile and þweá his múð,

      24, 14-23.
  • Swille ða ceolan . . . sýn ða swillinga hwílum háte,

      48, 22. v. preceding word.
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v.  swilling.
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  • swiling, n.