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swíðian

  • verb [ weak ]
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swíðian, p. ode.
to be or
become strong, to prevail
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  • Strangadan, swíðodon

    invalescebant,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 6.
  • Strangedon, swíþedon,

      46, 49.
  • Ne wæs ðæt tó wundrianne ðeáh ðe ðæs cyninges béne ðá hé mid Drihtne rícsade mid hine swíþode and genge wǽre

    nec mirandum preces regis illius iam cum Domino regnantis, multum valere apud eum,

      Bd. 3, 12; 8. 537, ig.
to make firm, to fix
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  • Suíðigaþ

    figite,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 108, 68.
  • Swíþiaþ,

      35, 60. v. for-swíðan (under which for-swíðede is wrongly put); swíðan.
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