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sweord-slege

(n.)
Grammar
sweord-slege, es; m.
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A sword-stroke, stroke with a sword:?-Hyre sáwl wearð álǽded of líce þurh sweordslege, Exon. Th. 282, 30; Jul. 671

sweord-wyrhta

(n.)
Grammar
sweord-wyrhta, an; m.
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A sword-wright, maker of swords, armourer:?-Móna se án and twentigoða unnytlíce tó wyrcenne bútan swurdwyrhtan (but the word glosses gladiatoribus), Lchdm. iii. 194, 10

byrn-sweord

Similar entry: birn-sweord

mál-sweord

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Ic geann mínon swurdhwítan þæs sceardes málswurdes, Cht. Th. 561, 23. Add

sweord-bora

Grammar
sweord-bora, <b>. I.</b>
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e first two examples should be put under II. Add Þæs cyningces sweordbora ( spatharius: spatharii munus erat spatham sive ensem principis gerere, ejusque latus custodire) wæs Ricgo geháten, Gr. D. 130, 31. Þæs forecwedenan Narses sweordbora Bulgatisc

áþ-sweord

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Dele: sweord sword, and see sweord swearing

sweord-berende

(adj.)
Grammar
sweord-berende, adj. (ptcp.)
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-Æðelingas sweord*-*berende, Cd. Th. 65, 2; Gen. 1060

sweord-wígend

(n.)
Grammar
sweord-wígend, -wígende
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-Sweord*-*wígendra síde hergas, Cd. Th. 194, 13; Exod. 260

sweord-bora

(n.)
Grammar
sweord-bora, an; m.
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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.

gúþ-sweord

(n.)
Grammar
gúþ-sweord, es; n.

A sword

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A sword, Beo. Th. 4314; B. 2154

sweord-freca

(n.)
Grammar
sweord-freca, an; m.
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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

(n.)
Grammar
sweord-gripe, es; m.
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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

(adj.)
Grammar
sweord-wegende, sword-bearing:?-Swurdwege[n]de anbidian gehende saca mǽste getácnaþ (in a dream)
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to await men carrying swords betokens strifes at hand and very great ones, Lchdm. iii. 204, 28

sweord-wund

(adj.)
Grammar
sweord-wund, adj.
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Wounded with the sword:?-Oft æt hilde gedreás swátfág and sweordwund sec[g] æfter óðrum, Wald. 7; Vald. 1, 5

wǽg-sweord

(n.)
Grammar
wǽg-sweord, es; n.
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A sword with wavy ornamentation (v. Woorsaae's Primeval Antiquities, p. 40) Wrætlíc wǽgsweord, Beo. Th. 2982; B. 1489

hilt-sweord

(n.)
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a hilled sword, sword with a hilt Hiora þegnas bióþ mid fetlum and mid gyldenum hyltsweordum gehyrste Bt. 37, 1; F. 186, 5

sweord-gripe

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Substitute: Sword-grip, stroke of the sword. Cf. Fýres feng ... oððe gripe méces, B. 1765. Gáras gripon, Gen. 2063

sweord-wegende

(adj.)
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Add: striking with a sword. The word glosses gladiantes

sweora

Grammar
sweora, l. sweóra,
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and add Ic wát cúðlíce þæt ic be gewyrhtum on mínum sweúran (sweóran, v.l. Cf. swúran, swíran, 18) byrne, Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 449, 22

-sweorf

(suffix)
Grammar
-sweorf, in ge-sweort
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rasura ferri, ferrugo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 65: 35, 32

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