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swimmend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
swimmend-líc, ; adj.
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Able to swim Swymmendlíc natatilis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28; Zup. 55, 3

þurh-swimman

(v.)

to swim through or overpass by swimming

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to swim through or over, pass by swimming Ðorhsuimmaþ tranant, Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 74

Linked entry: swimman

den-berende

(n.; adj.)
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a swine pasture Tresdecem denberende on Andrede, C. D. i. 229, 14. v. preceding word

eal-gylden

(adj.)
Grammar
eal-gylden, eall-gylden; adj.

All-golden omnīno aurĕus

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All-golden; omnīno aurĕus Swýn eal-gylden the all-golden swine, Beo. Th. 2227; B. 1111

Linked entries: æl-gylden eall-gylden

fǽr-steorfa

(n.)
Grammar
fǽr-steorfa, an; m.

Murrain

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Wið swína fǽrsteorfan, 25

wrótan

(v.)
Grammar
wrótan, p. wreót

To turn up with the snoutroot up

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Swín on bócwuda wrótende, Exon. Th. 428, 12 ; Rä. 41, 107

swiftness

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Gewunelíce wé singað mid micelre swif(t)nysse consuete canimus nimia uelocitate, Angl. xiii. 370, 75. Add

hwícung

(n.)
Grammar
hwícung, e; f.
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Squeaking Se ealda feónd ongan onhyrgian . . . swína grunnunge and músa hwícunge ( stridores soricum ), Gr. D. 185, 4

sigorfæstness

(n.)
Grammar
sigorfæstness, e ; f.
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Victoriousness Be sigerfestnisse and swíð*-*módnisse úses Drihtnes mid ðǽm hé ða hǽþnan ofercom, Anglia xi. 173, 12

Linked entry: sigefæstness

þýmel

(adj.)
Grammar
þýmel, adj.

A thumb thick

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A thumb thick, applied to the fat of swine Æt þýmelum, L. In. 49; Th. i. 132, 19

on-tyhtan

(v.)

to incite, instigate, impel

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to incite, instigate, impel Wæs ðæt gifeðe tó swíð ðe ðone ðyder ontyhte, Beo. Th. 6164; B. 3086

swaþu

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Swína swaþu suesta, Wrt. Voc. i. 286, 56. Suína suadu (sceadu, Corp. Gloss.) suesta, sivesta, Txts. 98, 972. ?

ge-swimman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swimman, pp. ge-swummen
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To swim þá hié hæfdon feórðan dǽl þǽre eá geswummen jam quartam fluminis partem natauerant, Nar. 10, 31

twi-fingre

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Substitute: Two fingers thick, a term applied to fat on swine Æt twyfingrum spic, Ll. Th. i. 132, 19

swilian

(v.)
Grammar
swilian, and swillan
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to swill. to wash Ic þweá oððe ic swilige mín bed mid mínum teárum lavabo lectum meum lacrimis meis, Ps. Lamb. 6, 7. to swill the mouth or throat, to gargle Iagul swyleþ gargarizat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 54.

cwudu

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Swín wæs unclǽne for ðan þe hit ne ceów his cudu, Hml. S. 25, 80, 46: Lch. iii. 120, 27. ¶ hwít cwudu mastich :-- Huuít quidu, huít cudu mastice, Txts. 78, 655. Hwít cweodu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 53. Hwit cudu mastica, i. 286, 33.

twi-fingre

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-fingre, adj.
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Two fingers thick, term applied to the fat on swine Æt twyfingrum (spic), L. In. 49; Th. i. 132, 19

óþ-swimman

(v.)
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to swim off Ða áne ðe út óþswymman mihton (æl-swummon, MS. A. ) tó ðám scipum, Chr. 915; Erl. 105, 11

mæsten-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
mæsten-rǽden, [n], e; f.

The right to feed swine in places where there was mast

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The right to feed swine in places where there was mast [Hæbbe] mæstenrǽdene ðonne mæsten beó, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 451, 10

Linked entries: mæsten mæst-rǽden

eáþ-milte

(adj.)
Grammar
eáþ-milte, adj.
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Easily digested Þá ýtmestan leomo swína beóð eáðmelte, Lch. ii. 196, 24. Sele þú him eáðmelte mettas, 182, 15. Eáðmylte, 220, 12