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be-swápan

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Substitute:
to sweep; fig. to sweep into the mind, inspire with a resolution (cf. on-swápan under swápan, II in Dict.)
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  • Gif hwylc sý ꝥ Rǽdwolde on mód beswápe, ꝥ hé þé náwiht lá þes ne dó

    si qui sit, qui Redualdo suadeat, ut nec ipse tibi aliquid male faciat,

    • Bd. 2, 12
      • ;
    • Sch. 156, 21
      • .
to wrap up, cover up
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  • Heó hié mid scytari besweóp

    caput linteo cooperuit,

    • Bd. 3, 9
      • ;
    • Sch. 232, 10.

  • Hé mid healfum (sciccelse) hine sylfne besweóp,

    • Bl. H. 215, 8.

  • Bisweópun hine mið líne

    ligauerumt cum linteis,

    • Jn. R. 19, 40
      • .

  • Biswápen mid hregle

    amictus vestimento,

    • Ps. Srt. 103, 2
      • .

  • Hé bió wið ǽlce orsorgnesse besuápen mid ðyssum mægenum

    contra prospera virtutum ornamento muniatur,

    • Past. 83, 11
      • .

  • Hé bií besuápen mid swíðe wlitige ofer-brǽdelse on bǽm sculdrum

    quanta in utroque humero superhumeralis pulchritudine tegatur,

    • 21.
Etymology
[
He isejð him selfe be senne beswapen, O. E. Hml. i. 239, 32.
O. H. Ger. pi-sweifan.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “be-swápan.” 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/40184.

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