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swelc

(pronoun.)

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swilc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
swilc, swelc; pron. (the word can take the weak declension).
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Ymb swelc tó sprecanne hwelc hit ðá wæs, Ors. 10; Swt. 48, 4. Swelce burg gewyrcan swelce sió wæs, 2, 4; Swt. 74, 8. Gif ic hæfde swilcne anweald, swylce God hæfþ, Bt. 38, 2; Fox 196, 19. Se wolde habban swilcne hlísan swá Benedictus, Homl.

Linked entries: swelc swylc swá-lic

swelg

(n.)
Grammar
swelg, swelh a chasm, swallow (v.
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Swelh hiatum, opertionem ł foueam terrae, An. Ox. 50, 5

swilc

Grammar
swilc, <b>. I 1.</b>
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Add Him þá geþúhte swelc ꝥ mǽste wæl swelc hié oft ǽr for nóht hæfdon, Ors. 4, 7; S. 184, 14. <b>III a.

swelca

(n.)
Grammar
swelca, an; m.
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A pustule, blister Swelca pustula, Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 19. Cf. swellan

swelh

Similar entry: swelg

swell

Similar entry: ge-swel

swenc

(n.)
Grammar
swenc, es; m.
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Trial, tribulation, affliction In niðrung ł in suoenc deáðes in damnationem mortis, Lk. Skt. Lind. 24, 20. On swencum (suoenccum, Lind.: geswincum, W. S.) ł costungum mínum in temtationibus meis, Rush. 22, 28. In suoencum in tribulationibus, Rtl. 184

swecc

(n.)
Grammar
swecc, swæcc, es; m.
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a taste, flavour, savour Ðæs ( the manna's) swæc (gustus ) wæs swilce smedema mid hunige, Ex. 16, 31: Bt. 34, 11 ; Fox 152, 1. Swæcces nectaris, saporis, Hpt. Gl. 488, 26. Búton swæcce ( sapore ) sealtes. Coll. Monast. Th. 28, 15. On swæce swylce gréne

Linked entries: swæc swice

swylc

Similar entry: swilc

swecc

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Add Swæcc nectar (cf. nectar þone swétan smæc, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 31), An. Ox. 186, 59. add: — Stýmendes swæcces ambrosiae fraglantis, An. Ox. 312. Swæcc ambrosiam (cf. ambrosiam, suavem odorem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 11), 3277. (See for both these Ald. 45

swilce

(adv.)
Grammar
swilce, swelce; adv. conj.
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Th. 6, 7; Cri. 80. as, like Ðonne ic wæs mid ludéum ic wæs swelce hié, Past. 16; Swt. 100, 7. Ne beó gé swylce líceteras non eritis sicut hypocritae, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 5.

Linked entry: swálíce

-swelge

(suffix)
Grammar
-swelge, in ge-swelge
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Geswelge barathrum Hpt. Gl. 421, 30. Ge-swelgum charybdibus, voraginibus, 513, 29. Cf. swelwhe of a water or of a grownde vorago, Prompt. Parv. 482. [

sweor

(n.)
Grammar
sweor, swer, swyr, es; m. f.
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A column, pillar (lit. or fig.), that which is shaped like a pillar Swer columna, Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 32: 81, 15. Ufeweard swer epistilia, ii. 30, 29. Ðú eart leóhtes swer, Blickl. Homl. 141, 1. Drihten swutelode him ðone weg on dæg þurh swert tácn on sweres

Linked entries: swer swyr

swilce

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Add Swelce hé hine wandigende ofersuíðe quasi parcendo superare, Past. 297, 15: 296, 11. Næs þæt cild gecweden hire frumcennede cild swilce heó óðer siððan ácende, Hml. Th. i. 34, 24

swelan

(v.)
Grammar
swelan, p. swæl, pl. swǽlon.
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Th. 61, 19; Cri. 987. to burn (of a hot sensation) Sió wund ongon, ðe him se eorðdraca ǽr geworhte, swelan and swellan, Beo. Th. 5419; B. 2713

Linked entry: swyld

ge-swel

(n.)
Grammar
ge-swel, -swell, es; n. [swellan to swell]

A swellingtumourtŭmor

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A swelling, tumour; tŭmor Wið ǽlcum heardum swile oððe geswelle for every hard tumour or swelling, L. M. 1, 31; Lchdm. ii. 70, 20: Herb. 86, 1; Lchdm. i. 188, 20: 90, 1; Lchdm. i. 194, 19: 109, 3; Lchdm. i. 222, 14. Hyt ðæt geswel gelíðigaþ it relieves

Linked entry: swell

swicc

Similar entry: swice

swile

Similar entry: swyle

swilt

Similar entry: swylt