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swíþ-mód

  • adjective
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swíþ-mód, adj.
in a good sense,
great-souled, magnanimous, stout-hearted
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  • Com ðá tó lande lidmanna helm (

    Beowulf

    ) swíðmód swymman,
      Beo. Th. 3252; B. 1624.
  • Swíðmód cyning,

      Cd. Th. 222, 5; Dan. 100: 225, 29; Dan. 161: 244, 18; Dan. 450.
stern-minded
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  • Á ðone feónd swíðmód swipeþ,

      Salm. Kmbl. 185; Sal. 92.
  • Folctogan faraþ him tógeánes, habbaþ swíðmóde sweopan, swenga ne wyrnaþ,

      243; Sal. 121.
in a bad sense,
of violent mind, arrogant, haughty, high-minded
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  • Dryhtguman síne drencte mid wíne swíþmód (cf. stíþmoda, l. 19) sinces brytta (

    Holofernes

    ),
      Judth. Thw. 21, 21; Jud. 30: 26, 22; Jud. 340.
  • Swíðmód cyning (Nebuchadnezzar after putting the three children in the furnace), Cd. Th. 233, 1; Dan. 269: (

    the king at the time of the dream;

    cf. hé wæs wið God scyldig,
      250, 20; Dan. 549), 249, 12; Dan. 529.
  • Wearð hé swíðmód in sefan for ðære sundorgife ðe him God sealde,

      254, 3; Dan. 606. v. next word.
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