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swá

(adv.)
Grammar
swá, swǽ, swé (swé is the form in Ps. Surt. ; see also Txts. 600, col. 1. The form also occurs in Blickl. Homl. 23, 7).
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R. 103, 7. Gif eów swá líce þuhte utan gangan on ðissum carcerne, Blickl. Homl. 247, 1. Swá ðon gelícost ðe tóbrocen fæt, Lchdm. ii. 230, 25.

Linked entries: se swǽ eall-swá

swǽman

(v.)
Grammar
swǽman, p. de
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R. 330, 11. Þe swemande sorȝe soȝt to his hert, Allit. Pms. 54, 563. Cf. also: His hert began to melt For veray sweme of this swemeful tale, Lydgate (cited ib. p. 199).

Linked entry: á-swǽman

swán

(n.)
Grammar
swán, es; m.
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R. S. 6, 7; Th. i. 436 Suán subulcus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 59: flabanus, 108, 72. Swán, 35, 66: bubullus (-cus?), in a list de suibus, i. 286, 58: ii. 11. 59. Hiene án swán ( subulcus, Flor. Wig.) ofstang, Chr. 755; Erl. 48, 23.

swancor

(adj.)
Grammar
swancor, adj.
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Ger. swankel: Ger. schwank flexible, slim: Swed. swank a bend; swank; adj. pliable, flexible; swank-rem girth-leather,] without firmness, feeble, weak Mín sául gewearð swancur on móde ðǽr ic on ðínre hǽlu hogode defecit in salutari tuo anima mea, Ps.

tǽcing

(n.)
Grammar
tǽcing, e; f.

the pointing out of a course to be followed, direction, teaching. ⬩ teaching, doctrine

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Underfó hé ǽlcne regoles þeáw and tǽcinge; sig hé æfter Cristes bóce tǽcinge ðus geáxod, R. Ben. 104, 19. Þurh háligra bóca tǽcunge úres Drihtnes willan mid gódum dǽdum gefyllan, Homl.

tǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
tǽlan, p. de.

to blame, rebuke, reprove, reproach, censure, accuse. ⬩ to blame a person for what is wrong ⬩ to blame what is wrong in a person ⬩ to speak evil of, blaspheme, revile, slander, calumniate, backbite ⬩ to treat with contempt, to scorn, despise, insult, mock, deride, jeer at

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Gif hé gesceádelíce hwilcu þing tǽle si qua rationabiliter reprehenderit, R. Ben. 109, 9. Leahtras tǽlan, 135, 18. Ðæt ðæt him mon on tǽlan wille quod in eis reprehenditur, Past. 31; Swt. 206, 6.

Linked entries: télan be-tilldon

talian

(v.)
Grammar
talian, p. ode.

to suppose a thing (to be) such and such, consider, reckon, account, ⬩ to impute, ascribe, lay to the account of ⬩ to reckon, enumerate

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Ðæt hié taliaþ hálig, R. Ben. 9, 19. Talige hé hine sylfne wið God forworhtne, Wulfst. 155, 11. Hwæðer ðæt sié tó talianne wáclíc, Bt. 24, 4; Fox 86, 16. Gé beóþ mé talade and rímde on bearna stæl, Exon.

tam

(adj.)
Grammar
tam, adj.

Tame, the opposite of wild

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Hé rít uppan tamre assene and byre folan (sittende on eosule and on folan sunu ðære teoma, Rush.) sedens super asinam et pullum filium subjugalem, Mt. Kmbl. 21, 5. Wildu diór woldon stondan swilce hí tamu wǽron, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 2.

Linked entries: teoma tom

sweðung

(n.)
Grammar
sweðung, swoðung, e; f.
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Gif hé sweðunga (swoðunga, R. Ben. Interl. 59, 11) gegearwode si exibuit fomenta, R. Ben. 52, 11

Linked entry: swoðung

swice

(n.)
Grammar
swice, es; m.
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Th. 317, 6; Mód. 61. offence, stumbling-block, snare; scandalum Ðanun mæg áspringan seó mǽste sacu and se mǽsta swice ealra ungeþwǽrnessa exinde grauissima occasio scandalorum oriri potest, R. Ben. 129, 8.

Linked entry: swicc

swicol-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
swicol-líc, adj.
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Eth. v. 24; Th. i. 310, 12: vi. 28; Th. i. 322, 12. occasioning offence, v. swice, Ǽnig þing ungeþwǽrlíces and swicollíces (the Latin has scandalorum spinas), R. Ben. 38, 18

swícung

(n.)
Grammar
swícung, e; f.
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For swícuncgum propter illusiones, R. Ben. Interl. 88, 5. offence, occasion of stumbling; scandalum Se ðe lufaþ bróðer his, swícung (scandalum; v. 1 Jn. 2, 10) on him nys, Scint. 14, 12.

swíge

(n.)
Grammar
swíge, (but swígea occurs, Scint. 82, 1), an; f.
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Leornerum for swígean hefignesse seldhwænne leáf geseald sié tó sprecenne ymbe hálige sprǽca, R. Ben. 21, 8-17. Hí clumiaþ mid ceaflum, ðǽr hí sceoldan clypian; wá heom ðære swígean, L. I. P. 5; Th. ii. 308, 21: Wulfst. 177, 1.

Linked entries: swígness swíg-tíma swíg

swíðe

(adv.)
Grammar
swíðe, adv.
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Ðá arn dæt wíf swíðe then the woman ran fast, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 650. Ælmyssan sylle héswýðe eleemosynas reddat largiter, L. Ecg. C. 3; Th. ii. 136, 34. Þicge hit swýðe, Lchdm. i. 80, 19.

Linked entry: swíðor

sundor-notu

(n.)
Grammar
sundor-notu, e ; f.
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R. 2; Th. i. 190, 17

sund-ráp

(n.)
Grammar
sund-ráp, es; m.
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-Sundgyrd in scipe oððe [sund-] ráp, i. metráp bolidis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 11, 17

swegel-rád

(n.)
Grammar
swegel-rád, e; f.
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Music (?) Scyl wæs hearpe, hlúdc hlynede, hleóþor dynede, sweglrád swinsade, Exon. Th. 353, 47; Reim. 29

swencan

(v.)
Grammar
swencan, p. te; pp. swenced, swenct (cf. swinkt = wearied, Comus v. 293)
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R. Laym. swenchen: Orm. swennkenn, swennchenn: O. H. Ger. swenchen verberare]

swengan

(v.)
Grammar
swengan, p. de
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Ðá eode uncer hláford sylf in ðæt scræf ða swengde sió lió sóna forð and forswealh hine then a lion ran out from the darkness of the cavern and dashed on to him . . .

sýfre

(adj.)
Grammar
sýfre, adj.
Entry preview:

Se mynstres hordere sí wís sýfre and ná oferettol cellerarius monasterii sit sapiens, sobrius, non multum edax, R. Ben. 54, 8. Sig se abbod clǽne and sýfre and mildheort oportet eum esse castum, sobrium, misericordem, 118, 26.

Linked entries: séfre sífre

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