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swyld

  • noun [ feminine ]
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swyld, (?), e; f.
A pang
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  • Sár(þar, MS.) mé ymbsealde swylde(Grein suggests swylce) deáðes

    trouble encompassed me, the pangs of death;

    circumdederunt me dolores mortis,
      Ps. Th. 114, 3.
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v. swelan, and cf. cwyld, cwelan.
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  • swyld, n.