sweord
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swearing
-sweorf
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rasura ferri, ferrugo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 65: 35, 32
sweór
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a father-in-law Sueór vetellus, Txts. 106, 1099. Su[eó]r socer, 97, 1878. Sweór, Wrt. Voc. i. 52, 7: 72, 51: Ælfc. Gr. 8; Zup. 27, 13. Se wæs Caiphas sweór (sueór, Lind.), Jn. Skt. 18, 13: Gen. 38, 13. Sweór, swiór, Bt. 10; Fox 28, 13. Hǽdne wǽron begen
sweót
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A troop, band, squadronJudth. Thw. 25, 38; Jud. 299. Ðý deáðdrepe drihte swǽfon, synfullra sweót sáwlum lunnon, Cd. Th. 209, 8; Exod. 496. Segn ofer sweóton, 185, 23; Exod. 127. Segen for sweótum, Elen. Kmbl. 247; El. 124. Sweótum in crowds, in shoals
sweor
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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
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
sweót
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swer
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heavy
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
dúst-swearm
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A cloud of dust (of the motes in the sunlight) Dústswerme atomo (modico Phoebi radiis qui vibrat atomo, Ald. 272, 33), An. Ox. 23, 52
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for-swealt
died away
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died away, Cot. 65: 190;
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
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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,