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-sweoru

(suffix)

Similar entry: ge-sweoru

swáse

Similar entry: swǽs

swaþu

(n.)
Grammar
swaþu, e; f.
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A track, trace, footstep, vestige; left in swathe a row of mown grass On Oliuetes dúne syndon nú gyt ða swæþe Drihtnes fótlásta . . . ne mihte seó his swaðu beón ðǽm óðrum fiórum geonlícod . . . ða his swaða syndon monnum tó écre láre . . . men mihton

swearc

(adj.)
Grammar
swearc, (?); adj.
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Weak, feeble, faint, v. next word, and swearcan

swira

Similar entry: sweora

swyra

Similar entry: sweora

swæc

(n.)
Grammar
swæc, swæcc,

Similar entry: swecc

-swápe

(suffix)
Grammar
-swápe, v. hád-, heorþ-, ymb-swǽpe.

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swǽs

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Add ꝥ wé ne beón beswicene þurh ðá swǽsan lustas þe of oferflówednysse eallum þám becumað þe búton wærscipe heora woruld ádreógað, Hml. S. 11, 359

swaþu

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Add: [a wk. pl. occurs in the compound dolcswaðan, Hpt. Gl. 510, 57] Hí ne mihton on þám fæte nǽnige swaðe findan þæs bryces, Gr. D. 97, 23

swaþu

(n.)
Grammar
swaþu, Cf. (?) swín-sceadu.
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The word occurs in a list giving the names of various parts of a pig: — Rysle ausungia, flicce perna, spic larda, meargh lucanica, wrót bruncus, rop jus, swína swaþu suesta, byrst seta, Wrt. Voc. i. 286, 50-57. Suína suadu suesta, sivesta, Txts. 98, 972

swearm

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Add: — Swearm examen, i. multitudo apium, An. Ox. 3821: 132

swipu

Grammar
swipu, <b>. I.</b>
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Ðonne þú swype habban wille, þonne wege þíne fýst swylce þú swingan wille, and rǽr úp þíne twǽgen fingras, Tech. ii. 122, 13. Hé wæs lustlíce þone lyre þæs horses þoliende, and eác þá swipan ( Flagellum ) þe hé on his handa hæfde, þá hé þám reáfiendum

swát-swaþu

(n.)
Grammar
swát-swaþu, e; f.
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A bloody track Wæs sió swátswaþu Sweóna and Geáta, wælrǽs wera, wíde gesýne, Beo. Th. 5884; B. 2946

swát

(n.)
Grammar
swát, es; n. [The passages in which the gender is marked are doubtful. Ðæt swót. Lchdm. iii. 98, 17, occurs in a late MS.; ísen swát, ii. 296, 18, may be a compound; ða swát, iii. 72, 28, may be a mistake for spátl, v. ii. 56, 15. Dutch has a neuter, German and Scandinavian have masculines.]
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sweat, perspiration Seofoðe (the seventh of the constituents from which Adam was made) wæs deáwes pund, ðanon him (Adam ) becom swát, Salm. Kmbl. 180. 15. Suát, Rtl. 192, 17. His swát ( sudor ) wæs swylce blódes dropan, Lk. Skt. 22, 44. Of ealdum cláðum

Linked entry: swǽtan

dolc-swaðu

(n.)
Grammar
dolc-swaðu, scars, Ps. Lamb. 37, 6, = dolh-swaðu; pl. nom.
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of dolh-swæþ

mán-swara

(n.)
Grammar
mán-swara, -swora, an; m.

A perjurerone who swears falsely

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A perjurer, one who swears falsely Gif man mannan mánswara háteþ, L. H. E. 11; Th. i. 32, 4: Exon. 10 b; Th. 12, 30; Cri. 193. Mánswaran, Blickl. Homl. 61, 13: 63, 13. Mánsworan, Wulfst. 26, 16: Exon. 31 b; Th. 98, 23; Cri. 1612: L. Ed. 3; Th. i. 160

Linked entries: -swora -swara

swán

(n.)
Grammar
swán, es; m.
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a herd, particularly a swineherd; the herds of swine formed a very important item in the live-stock of the Anglo-Saxons. v. swín. For some account of the duties and rights of different kinds of swánas, see L. R. S. 6, 7; Th. i. 436 Suán subulcus, Wrt

swur-

(prefix)

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swyr

Similar entry: sweor