ge-swiðrian
To weaken ⬩ destroy ⬩ imminuere ⬩ debilitare ⬩ conficere
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Ne mót innan geondscínan sunne for ðǽm sweartum mistum ǽr ðæm hí geswiðrad weorþen the sun cannot shine through from within for the black mists before they are dissipated, Bt. Met. Fox 5, 90; Met. 5, 45.
on-sígan
of gentle, gradual movement, to sink, decline, descend ⬩ of violent movement
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Swearte gástas mid micclum þreáte him onsigon, ðæt hí his sáwle gegripon, 414, 10. Hé bodode ðæt him wæs Godes grama onsígende, 246, 17. Mé wæs onsígende se stranga wynd, St. And. 28, 13. Onsígendum ingruenti, Hpt. Gl. 503, 32
swerian
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Icel. svarði as well as sór), pl. swóron; pp. sworen To swear, make oath. absolute Se ðe sweraþ (swereþ, Ps. Th. Surt.) néhstan his qui jurat proximo suo, Ps. Spl. 14, 6.
Linked entry: fore-swerian
hwer
A kettle ⬩ pot ⬩ basin ⬩ caldron ⬩ cooking-vessel
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Ðǽr wǽron inne geseted hweras and pannan and hé clypte ða hweras and cyste ða pannan ðæt hé wæs eall sweart and behrúmig pots and pans had been put in there, and he embraced the pots and kissed the pans, so that he was all black and sooty, Shrn. 69, 27
grimme
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Þæt sceal wrecan sweart líg sáre and grimme, Gen. 2415: Cri. 971. Secg wundað grimme, Rún. 15. Ofn wæs gegléded swá hé grimmost mihte, Dan. 227
atol-lic
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Án atelic sceadu on sweartum híwe, ii. 508, l. Seó sáwel bið atelic þurh leahtras, Hml. S. l, 155. Gesewen on ðám atelican híwe, Hml. Th. i. 336, 35. On atelicum híwe mid byrnendum múde and lígenum eágum, ii. 164, 22. Þá atelican obscena, An.
for-sweorcan
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Betwyx forsworcenum sweartum nihtum obscuras inter noctes, Dóm. L. 198. ¶ a wk. form occurs, to make dark (?) :-- Forsweorced fuscatus (velut Aethiopica nigritudine, Ald. 66, 23), An. Ox. 2, 369. (Cf. Wrt. Voc. ii. 152, 7 supra.)
ge-mæcca
A companion, mate, consort, husband or wife ⬩ conjux
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Ne eart ðú ðon leófre nǽngum lifigendra menn to gemæccan ðonne se swearta hrefn thou art not any dearer to any living man as mate than the swart raven, Exon. 99 a; Th. 370, 6; Seel. 53.
stǽlan
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Him on edwít oft ásettað swearte súslbonan, [Satan on] stǽleð fǽhðe, þǽr þe hié freódrihten oft forgeáton the enmity they showed their Lord in frequently forgetting him is made a reproach to them by the devils, and is laid to their charge by Satan, Sat
swǽfan
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Sió gítsung ðe nǽnne grund hafaþ swearte swǽfeþ (swǽleþ ? v. swǽlan) sumes onlíce efne ðam munte ðe nú monna bearn Etne hátaþ se swefle byrneþ, Met. 8, 46-50.
líhting
Lighting ⬩ shining ⬩ illumination
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Ðæt swearte fýr him náne líhtinge ne déþ 'from those flames no light,' Homl. Th. i. 132, 17. Healde man ǽlces sunnandæges freólsunga fram nóntíde ðæs Sæternes dæges óþ ðæs mónandæges líhtinge, L. Edg. i. 5; Th. i. 264, 20: Wulfst, 117, 4: 207, 12.
múl
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Martinus rád him wið gescrýd mid sweartum cláþum; þá á Ðá cempan þá woldon mid þám cræte forð, ac þá múlas ealle endemes ástifodon tó þǽre eorðan áfæstnode, 985.
spátl
Spittle ⬩ saliva ⬩ sputum, screa, saliva,
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Ða spǽtlu áþwógon úre sweartan gyltas, Homl. Th. ii. 248, 26. Spátlum salivis, Germ. 396, 283. Ðæne ðe hý heora spátlum on spiwon, Wulfst. 183, 21. Spátlu sputa, Hymn. Surt. 80, 1
sín
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Se hwæl se ðe gársecges grund bihealdeþ sweartan sýne the whale that beholds the depths of ocean with darkened sight, Exon. Th. 427, 20 ; Rä. 41, 94. Ne wyrt ðæt ða seón it does not injure the sight, Lchdm. ii. 26, 14.
Sigel-hearwa
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Hé him ætýwde micelne Sigelhearwan, ðæm wæs seó onsýn sweartre ðonne hrúm, Shrn. 120, 24. Twegen blace Sílhearwan, Homl. Th. ii. 496, 17 : Homl. Skt. i. 4, 285. Sigylhearwan (Sielhearwæn, MS. T.) Aethiopes, Ps. Spl. 71, 9.
Linked entries: Síl-hearwa Sýl-hearwa -hearwa
níþ
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Ne trúwige nán man be ælmesdǽdum bútan lufe; for ðan ðe swá lange swá hé hylt ðone sweartan níð on his heortan, ne mæg hé God gegladian. Hml.
læc
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The word, if this be the true form of it, occurs only once, in the following passage Gárulf gecrang ealra ǽrest ... ymb hyne gódra fela hwearf lacra hrǽr hræfn wandrode sweart and sealobrún, Fins. Th. 64-70; Fin. 33-5.
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á-bútan
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Dele first passage and add: prep. dat. acc. marking position Stódon him ábútan swearte gástas, Hml. Th. i. 414, 9.
sárlíce
sorely, painfully ⬩ sorely, grievously, lamentably ⬩ sorely, bitterly, heavily
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Ðé sculon slítan sárlíce swearte wihta, Soul Kmbl. 145; Seel. 73. Hé sóhte hú hé sárlícast, þurh ða wyrrestan wítu, meahte feorhcwale findan, Exon.
líg
Flame ⬩ lightning
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Sweart líg, Cd. 110; Th. 145, 33; Gen. 2415. Ne biþ ðǽr [heaven] nánes líges gebrasl, Dóm. L. 16, 259: Beo. Th. 166; B. 83. Wylm ðæs wæfran líges the heat of the flickering flame, Cd. 185; Th. 231, 2; Dan. 241.
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