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swinc

(n.)
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swinc, es; n.
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Swink (this form is used in the 16th century, v. Nares Glossary), labour, trouble, affliction Erian se ðe hine gesihþ swincu mǽste him ongeán cumaþ he that in a dream sees himself ploughing, very great troubles are coming upon him, Lchdm. iii. 198, 28

swége

(adj.; adv.)
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swége, adj.
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Sounding Ungeswége sang diaphonia, sum swége (samswége?) sang canticum, Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 35. v. án-, ge-swége [ :-- Geswége consona, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 23. Of geswégum consona, ge-swégre canora, Anglia xiii. 132, 135, 137], swét-, swíþ-swége; hlúd-swége

-swelge

(suffix)

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-sweorc

(suffix)

Similar entry: ge-sweorc

swearc

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swearc, l.
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swárc

swége

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-swelge

(suffix)
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in geswelge

sweng

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Mid swengce ictu (gladii ), An. Ox. 4924. Add

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

(n.)
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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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swinc

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Dele second passage, for which see swinge, and add Swá hwæt swá hé begit his swinces tó médes hé hit bringð tó mé, Hml. S. 36, 43

swyle

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Add: sensation of swelling Hé onfindeb swile, and ꝥ þá óman beóð inne betýnde þurh þá ábláwunge, Lch. ii. 174, 22

swylt

(n.)
Grammar
swylt, a whirlpool.
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Dele: probably swyttes in the gloss is for swyftes

swer

(n.)
Grammar
swer, a pillar, swér a mother-in-law, swér
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heavy

swéte

(adj.)
Grammar
swéte, adj.
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Sweet. in reference to the senses (lit. or fig.) of taste Ðis ofet is swá swéte, Cd. Th. 41, 12; Gen. 655. Ðæt is for hwí se góda lǽce selle ðam hálum men séftne drenc and swétne, and óðrum hálum biterne and strangne, Bt. 39, 9; Fox 226, 11, 13. Swéte

Linked entries: swerum swót

sweng

(n.)
Grammar
sweng, es; m.
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A blow, stroke Sweng ictus, Ælfc. Gr. 11; Zup. 79, 6. Sweng oððe cnyssung ictus, 43; Zup. 255, 3. Eádweard ánne slóg swíþe mid his swurde, swenges ne wyrnde, Byrht. Th. 135, 15; By. 118. Hé hond swenge ne ofteáh, Beo. Th. 3045; B. 1520. Him for swenge

Linked entry: swinge

Sweón

(n.)
Grammar
Sweón, pl.
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The Swedes Burgendan habbaþ Sweón be norþan him . . . Sweón habbaþ be súþan him ðone sǽs earm, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 16, 31-34. Ðá Sweón heafdon weallstówe geweald, Chr. 1025; Erl. 163, 11. Sacu Sweóna and Geáta, Beo. Th. 4936; B. 2472: (Swona, MS.), 5885;

sweór

(n.)
Grammar
sweór, swehor, es; m.
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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

Linked entries: suhterga swór

sweót

(n.)
Grammar
sweót, es; n.
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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