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swilc, <b>. I 1.</b>
Wright's OE grammar
§311; §471; §560;
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  • On ðǽm dæge plegedon hié of horsum ... swá heora þeáw æt swelcum (

    on such occasions

    ) wæs,
      Ors. 3, 7; S. 118, 31.

  • Ðá swelcan wé magon ealra betest geryhtan mid ðý ðæt ...,

      Past. 293, 22.
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  • Ic mæg gelíc anginn þǽm gesecgan, þéh hit swelcne ende næfde, þætte Constantinopolim on swelcre cwacunge wæs

    ego poteram similia apud Constantinopolim narrare,

      Ors. 3, 2; S. 100, 21.

  • Þone swylcne seócne lǽcas nemniað gewitleásne,

      Gr. D. 247, 13.
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  • Him þá geþúhte swelc ꝥ mǽste wæl swelc hié oft ǽr for nóht hæfdon, Ors. 4, 7; S. 184, 14. III a. Þyslic ... swálic :-- Þyslic (þyllic, v.l.) mé is gesewen ... swálic (swylc, v.l.) swá ...

    talis mihi videtur ... quale ...,

      Bd. 2, 13; Sch. 165, 17.
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  • Wiþ hreófle, wegbrǽde, ... eolone, swefl, dó þæs swefles swilc an þára wyrta twǽde,

      Lch. ii. 78, 8.

  • Wyrc swilc án lytel cicel, Lch. iii. 30, 19. V 1. of abstract things :-- Ðæt is ðonne suelc mon mid forewearde orde stinge, ðæt mon openlíce on óðerne rǽse mid tǽlinge

    to rush on another openly with blame is as much as to thrust with the point;

    ex mucrone quippe percutere est impetu apertae increpationis obviare,
      Past. 297, 11.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “swilc.” 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/58882.

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