sweór
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Se sweór bemǽnde his snore, and se brýdguma his brýd, Hml. S. 33, 191. Hiene ofslóg his ágen sweór fraude soceri sui interfectus est, Ors. 6, 29; S. 278, 18. Add
sweor
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a pillar Wearð þám abbode æteówed án fýren swer; sé stóð úp áþenod oð þá steápan heofonan, Hml. S. 3, 449. Mid ðǽm sweore ðæs wolcnes, Past. 305, 1. Feówer þing synt ealra þinga behéfost ... þám þe þencð tó þám écan lífe; ꝥ synt feówer sweras, iustitia
fýr-sweart
Fire-swart ⬩ blackened with fire ⬩ igne obscūrātus
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Fire-swart, blackened with fire; igne obscūrātus Færeþ æfter foldan [se] fýrswearta lég the fire-swart flame shall pass along the earth, Exon. 22 a; Th. 61, 14; Cri. 984
swer
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heavy
sweart-hǽwen
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Dark purple, violet-coloured Ða sweart-hǽwenan cerula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 67
swefel-sweart
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Suefl-sweart sulforia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 61
sweart-byrd
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A dismal, hapless birth, v. sweart; Þis mé tó bóte þǽre swǽran swærtbyrde, Lch. iii. 66, 22
for-swealh
swallowed up ⬩ devoured
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swallowed up, devoured, Ex. 7, 12: Beo. Th. 2249; B. 1122;
a-swearc
languished ⬩ failed
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languished, failed,Jos. 2, 11;
swearc-módness
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Faintheartedness, pusillanimity Fram swarc-módnesse gástes a pusillanimitate spiritus, Ps. Lamb. 54, 9. v. next word
col-sweart
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Coal-black Hwílum hé bið collsweart, Nap. 13
Linked entry: sweart
sweart-lást
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Leaving a black track Fugles wyn ( a pen) stop eft on mec (a book ), síþade sweartlást, Exon. Th. 408, 12 ; Rä. 27, 11
áþ-sweord
A sword-oath ⬩ a warrior's oath ⬩ an oath ⬩ jusjurandum
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A sword-oath, a warrior's oath, an oath; jusjurandum Ðonne bióþ brocene áþsweord eorla then will be broken the oaths of the warriors, Beo. Th. 4134; B. 2064
belced-sweora
Possessed of an inflated neck ⬩ inflata cervice præditus
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Possessed of an inflated neck; inflata cervice præditus Ic eom belced-sweora I am neck-inflated Exon. 127 b; Th. 489, 24; Rä. 79, 1
Linked entry: sweora
máðum-sweord
A costly sword
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A costly sword Mǽre máððumsweord, Beo. Th. 2050; B. 1023
sweord-berende
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Sword-bearing:?-Æðelingas sweord*-*berende, Cd. Th. 65, 2; Gen. 1060
sweord-bora
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one who bears a sword for his own use, a swordsman Sweord spata vel pugio, swyrdbora spatarius, Wrt. Voc. i. 35, 8. Swurdbora, 84, 13. Swurdboran (gladiatorem) hine gewordene gesihþ if (in a dream) he sees himself become a gladiator, Lchdm. iii. 204,
sweord-freca
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A warrior who uses a sword:?-Hé ðæs wǽpnes (the sword Hrunting) onláh sélran sweordfrecan, Beo. Th. 2940; B. 1468
sweord-gripe
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Sword-grasp, seizing of swords:?-Ðæt hí in wínsele þurh sweordgripe sáwle forlétan so that in the banquet hall through seizing their swords they lost their lives, Exon. Th. 271, 26; Jul. 488
sweord-wegende
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to await men carrying swords betokens strifes at hand and very great ones, Lchdm. iii. 204, 28