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swindan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
swindan, p. swand, pl. swundon; pp. swunden
Wright's OE grammar
§498;
To waste away, languish, grow languid, be consumed
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  • Se synfulla swindeþ

    peccator tabescet,

    • Ps. Spl. 111, 9.

  • Sáwel heora on yfelum swand

    anima eorum in mails tabescebat,

    • 106, 26.

  • Ealle oþþe hefige slǽpe swundon oþþe tó synne wacedon

    omnes aut somno torpent inerti, aut ad peccata vigilant,

    • Bd. 4, 25
      • ;
    • S 601, 11.
    (v. ǽ-swind. )

  • Swindan (tabescere) ðú dydesð sáwle his,

    • Ps. Spl. 38, 15 : 118, 139.

  • on ðam frumwylme heora gecyrrednesse hý Hísylfe fulfremede taliaþ, ac hý swíþe recene áwlaciaþ and swindende ácóliaþ,

    • R. Ben. 135, 6.
Etymology
[
Nede in swot and in swynk swynde mot the pore. Nede he mot swynde . . , that nath nout en hod his hed for te hude, P. S. 150, 2 - 4.
O. H. Ger. swintan tabescere, tabefieri, deficere, conticescere
:
Ger. schwinden to dwindle, decay, die away.
]
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v. á-swindan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “swindan.” 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/29824.

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