swylt
- noun [ masculine ]
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Swylt háligra
mors sanctorum,
- Ps. Th. 115, 5.
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Ende becwom, swylt æfter synnum,
- Beo. Th. 2514; B. 1255.
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On galgan rídan, seomian æt swylte,
- Exon. Th. 329, 14; Vy. 34.
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Deáðberende gyfl (
the forbidden fruit
) ða sinhíwan tó swylte geteáh,- 153, 10; Gú. 823.
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Swylt settan ðínum esnum
to put thy servants to death,
- Ps. Th. 78, 2.
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Swylt ætfæstan,
- Andr. Kmbl. 2695; An. 1350.
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Swilt þrowian, Apstls. Kmbl. 142; Ap. 71. ¶
The word often occurs with somewhat of a personal sense as the subject of
niman, forniman :-- Ǽr ðec swylt nime, deáð for duguðe,- Exon. Th. 257, 31; Jul. 255: Elen. Kmbl. 892; El. 447.
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Ðǽr Seón cyning swylt dreórig fornam,
- Ps. Th. 135, 20: Beo. Th. 2877; B. 1436.
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Ealle swylt fornam, druron dómleáse, deáðrǽs forféng,
- Andr. Kmbl. 1988; An. 996: Exon. Th. 283, 5; Jul. 675: 477, 19; Ruin. 27.
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Hí leahtrum fá, lége gebundne, swylt þrowiaþ . . . ðæt is éce cwealm,
- Exon. Th. 94, 14; Cri. 1540.
Bosworth, Joseph. “swylt.” 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/29931.
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