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ge-súwian

(v.)
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to be silent

ge-swæncan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swæncan, p. te; pp. ed
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To afflict, oppress; afflīgĕre, opprĭmĕre Ða he gelomlíce geswæncte whom he repeatedly oppressed, Chr.1105; Erl. 240, 11

ge-swǽpa

(n.)
Grammar
ge-swǽpa, -swǽpo; pl. n.
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Sweepings; peripsema, sordes, Cot. 149, 169

Linked entry: ge-swope

ge-swǽs

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-swǽs, adj.
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Dear, familiar, kind; cārus, fămĭliāris, blandus He geceás Iudan him, geswǽs frumcynn elēgit trĭbus Juda, Ps. Th. 77, 67.Iohannes mid geswǽsum wordum ðæt folc tihte John exhorted the people with kind words, Homl. Th. i. 70, 34

ge-swǽþian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swǽþian, p. ode; pp. od
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To track out, investigate Geswæþodes investigasti, Ps. Spl. T. 138, 2

ge-swæðrung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-swæðrung, e; f.
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A failing, a want; delĭquium Se mon geswógunga þrówaþ and módes geswæðrunga the man suffers swoonings and failings of the mind, L. M. 2, 21; Lchdm. ii. 206, 9

Linked entry: swæðrung

ge-swáp

Similar entry: æsce-geswáp

ge-sweccan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sweccan, p. te; pp. ed [sweccan to smell]
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To smell; odōrāri Næsþyrlu hí habbaþ and ná gesweccaþ nāres hăbent et non odōrābunt, Ps. Spl. M. 113, 14

Linked entry: sweccan

ge-swége

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-swége, adj.

Similar entry: un-geswége

ge-swégsumlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-swégsumlíce, adv.
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Harmoniously, with one voice Dá sǽde eall se þeódscipe geswégsumlíce then all the people agreed in saying, Shrn. 36, 17

Linked entry: -swégsumlíce

ge-swel

(n.)
Grammar
ge-swel, -swell, es; n. [swellan to swell]
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A swelling, tumour; tŭmor Wið ǽlcum heardum swile oððe geswelle for every hard tumour or swelling, L. M. 1, 31; Lchdm. ii. 70, 20: Herb. 86, 1; Lchdm. i. 188, 20: 90, 1; Lchdm. i. 194, 19: 109, 3; Lchdm. i. 222, 14. Hyt ðæt geswel gelíðigaþ it relieves

Linked entry: swell

ge-swelgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swelgan, p. -swealg, -swealh, pl. -swulgon; pp. -swolgen [swelgan to swallow]
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To swallow, devour; devŏrāre, deglutīre Ða mægenþreátas meredeáþ geswealh the sea-death swallowed those mighty bands, Cd. 169; Th. 210, 9; Exod. 512

ge-swelge

(n.)
Grammar
ge-swelge, es; n.
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An abyss, gulf; vorago, barathrum, charybdis, Hpt. Gl. 421, 513

ge-swenc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-swenc, es; n.
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Labour, trouble Þurh ðæt geswenc to éce reste becom through that suffering came to the eternal rest, Nar. 40, 2

Linked entry: swenc

ge-swencednes

(n.; v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-swencednes, -swincednes, -swenctnes, -nis, -nys, -ness, -niss, -nyss, e; f. [geswencan, pp. of geswencan to disturb, trouble, afflict]
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Sorrow, affliction, tribulation; afflictio, tribŭlātio Hí fórecómon me on ðæge geswencednysse mínre prævenērunt me in die afflictiōnis meæ, Ps. Spl. 17, 21: Homl. Th. ii. 456, 11. Æfter ðære geswencednysse post tribŭlātiōnem illam, Mk. Bos. 13, 24: Ps

Linked entry: ge-swincednes

ge-sweógian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sweógian, p. ode; pp. od
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To be silent; tăcēre Gesweógode he áne hwíle he was silent for some time, Bt. 39, 2; Fox 212, 10

ge-sweorcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sweorcan, he -swyrcþ; p. -swearc, pl. -swurcon; pp. -sworcen
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To become dark, be darkened, saddened, angry Ródor eal geswearc the heavens all grew dark, Elen. Kmbl. 1709; El. 856: Beo. Th. 3583; B. 1789: Cd. 166; Th. 207, 4; Exod. 461. Seó eorþe wæs gesworcen and aþýstrod under his fótum caligo sub pedibus ejus

ge-sweorcnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sweorcnes, -ness, e; f.
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Cloudiness, gloom, horror, affliction; obscūrĭtus, horror, afflictio Ne ðǽr nǽfre biþ biternes, ne gesweorcnesse stów geméted nor is bitterness ever there, nor a place found for gloom, L. E. I. prm; Th. ii. 400, 9

ge-sweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sweorfan, p. -swearf, pl. -swurfon; pp. -sworfen
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To file or rub off to polish off; expolire To ásworfenum óran, to gesworfenum óran sub expolita, Glos. Prudent. Recd. 142, 19

Linked entries: ge-sworfen ge-swyrfan

ge-sweoru

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sweoru, -swiru, -swyru; pl. n.
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Hills; colles Wurdan gesweoru swá on seledreáme swá on sceápum beóþ sceóne lambru colles vĕlut agni ŏvium, Ps. Th. 113, 6. Mid wynngráfe weaxaþ geswiru [MS. gespiru] exultātiōne colles accingentur, 64, 13. Muntas and geswyru montes et omnes colles, 148

Linked entries: -sweoru ge-swiru ge-swyru

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