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swyle

  • noun [ masculine ]
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swyle, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§386;
A tumour, swelling, abscess
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  • Swyle

    apostema,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 35: ii. 7, 68.
  • Unwlitig swile . . . ðone ungeþwǽran swyle

    tumor deformis . . . tumorem illum infestum,

      Bd. 4, 32; S. 611, 17, 41.
  • Se earm wæs on mycelne swyle gecyrred . . . ðeáh ðe se swyle ðæs earmes gesýne sí

    brachium versum est in tumorem . . . tametsi tumor brachii manere videretur,

      5, 3; S. 616, 6, 38.
  • Ðá ásweóll him se líchama . . . Ðá sóna eall se swyle gewát fram him,

      Guthl. 16: Gdwin. 68, 24.
  • Wiþ innan-gewyrsmedum geswelle . . . lege on gelóme óþ ðætte open sié se swile,

      Lchdm. ii. 72, 24.
  • Wiþ ceácena swyle and wiþ geagles swyle,

      2, 19, 20.
  • Wiþ ǽlcum heardum swile oððe geswelle,

      70, 20.
  • Wiþ deádum swile,

      74, 12, 15.
  • Wiþ springe . . . lege on ðone swile,

      80, 17.
  • Wið swylas, gáte tord; smyre mid ða swylas; hyt hý tódrífþ, and gedéþ ðæt hý eft ne árísaþ, i. 354, 27. v. fǽr-, fót-, geagl-, hand-swyle.
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v.  swile.
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  • swyle, n.