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swápan

(v.)
Grammar
swápan, p. sweóp; pp. swápen
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Pms. 83, 1509.] to wrap. v. be-, ymb-swápan

swápan

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Ox. 46, 31. v. ge*-*swápan

be-swápan

(v.)
Grammar
be-swápan, p. -sweóp, pl. -sweópon; pp. -swápen; [be, swápan to sweep]

To clear up, persuade, cover over, clothe, protectsuadere, cooperire, amicire, munire

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To clear up, persuade, cover over, clothe, protect; suadere, cooperire, amicire, munire Gif hwylc Rǽdwolde on mód beswápe si qui Redualdo suadeat, Bd. 2, 12; S. 514, 3. Hí hí mid scýtan besweóp she covered herself over with a sheet, 3, 9; S. 534, 13.

Linked entry: be-sweóp

an-sweóp

Grammar
an-sweóp, v. swápan
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in Dict

ymb-swápan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-swápan, p. -sweóp; pp. -swápen.
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to sweep about (of the motion of waves) Ða ýþa weóllan and ymbsweópan and ǽghwonene ðæt scyp fyldon verrentibus undique et implere incipientibus navem fluctibus Bd. 3, 15 ; S. 541, 42. to wrap round Ymbswápen circumamicta, Ps. Surt. Spl. C. 44, 10,

for-swápan

(v.)
Grammar
for-swápan, p. -sweóp; pp. -swápen

To sweep awayverrĕreprotrūdĕre

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To sweep away; verrĕre, protrūdĕre Hie wyrd forsweóp fate has swept them away, Beo. Th. 959; B. 477. Hafaþ us God forswapen on ðás sweartan mistas God has swept us into these dark mists, Cd. 21; Th. 25, 9; Gen. 391. Ealle wyrd forsweóp [MS. forsweof]

ymb-swápan

Grammar
ymb-swápan, <b>. II.</b>
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Hié úme Dryhten Críst ymbsweópon mid reáde hragle, Nap. 71, 27. Add

tó-swápan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-swápan, p. -sweóp

To disperse by a sweeping movementto sweep apart or away

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To disperse by a sweeping movement, to sweep apart or away Se ðone líg tósceáf, tósweóp hine and tóswende þurh ða swíðan miht he thrust back the flame on every side, swept and dashed it away by his strong might, Cd. Th. 237, 23; Dan. 342. Tósweóp and

Linked entry: tó-swengan

a-swápan

(v.)
Grammar
a-swápan, he -swápþ, -swæpþ ; p. -sweóp, pl. -sweópon ; pp. -swópen

To sweep offcleanverreremundare

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To sweep off, clean; verrere, mundare Hit aswǽpþ aweg ðæt yfel abstergat mala, Past. 36, 8 ; Hat. MS. 48 b, 16 : Exon. 106 b ; Th. 405, 21; Rä. 24, 5. Aswópen clǽne mundatus, Mt. Rush. Stv. 12, 44

be-swápan

to sweepto wrap upcover up

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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.)

ge-swápan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swápan, p. ge-sweóp
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To sweep together, take possession of, get into one's power Ptholomeus tógædere gesweóp ealle Egyptum and Arabia Ptolemaeo Aegyptus Arabiaeque pars sorte provenit, Ors. 3, 11; S. 142, 27

be-swápan

Grammar
be-swápan, <b>; I.</b>
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Ic Heróde in hyge bisweóp ꝥ hé Ióhannes bibeád heáfde beheáwan, Jul. 294. Add

on-swápan

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swátan

(n.)
Grammar
swátan, (swatan? v. Engl. Stud. viii. 479); pl.
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Beer Swatan cervtsia, Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 62: ii. 17, 25. Áwyl on súrum swátum oþþe on súrum ealað. Lchdm. ii. 34, 15. [Jamieson gives swaits new ale or wort; but also swats new ale; the thin part of flummery.]

swǽman

(v.)
Grammar
swǽman, p. de
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To trouble, afflict, grieve. The verb occurs in this sense in later English Ofte hit timeð þat tat leoueste bearn sorheð and sweameð meast his ealdren, H. M. 35, 5. Þe engles beoð isweamed, þat seoð hare suster swa sorhfulliche afallet, 17, 20. Ure Louerd

Linked entry: á-swǽman

swǽpa

(n.)
Grammar
swǽpa, swépa (-e, -o); pl.
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Sweepings, in compounds (not inserted in proper place) Ǽswǽpe (beánscalu) quisquiliarum, surculi minuti Hpt. Gl. 420, 59. Áswépa peripsema 504, 3. Geswǽpa peripsema Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 68. Geswépa, geswǽpa (gen-, MS.), 95, 18. Geswépo, 76, 17. Bió hé gehealden

Linked entries: æsce-geswáp a-swáp

swǽran

(v.)
Grammar
swǽran, p. de
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To make heavy, to oppress [ Eall se líchama geswǽred byþ and gehefegud, Lchdm. iii. 120, 22.]

swámian

(v.)
Grammar
swámian, p. ode
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To become dark Rodor swámode ofer niðða bearn heaven grew dark above the children of men, i.e. night came. Exon. Th. 167, 33; Gú. 1069. v. á-swámian; swǽman

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swarian

(v.)
Grammar
swarian, v. and-swarian.

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swǽlan

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Add: — Swǽlende adurens (genas maculis livor respergit adurens, Vit. Cuth. poet. 46, 9), An. Ox. 32, 15