swearc
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Weak, feeble, faint, v. next word, and swearcan
swegle
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Bright as the sun, splendid, brilliant, in a physical sense Ðæt ic sceáwige swegle searogimmas, Beo. Th. 5491; B. 2749. metaphorical, celestial Hé lífes weg gesóhte swegle dreámas (cf swegel-dreám), beorhtne boldwelan, Apostls. Kmbl. 64; Ap. 32
swegle
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Brightly, brilliantly, splendidly, in a physical sense Ðonne sió reáde ród ofer ealle swegle scíneþ on ðære sunnan gyld, Exon. Th. 68, 13; Crl. 1103. Scíneþ sunna swegle hát, sóna gecerreþ ísmere ǽnlíc on his ágen gecynd (cf. ðæt is for ðære sunna[n]
swyld
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A pang Sár(þar, MS.) mé ymbsealde swylde(Grein suggests swylce) deáðes trouble encompassed me, the pangs of death; circumdederunt me dolores mortis, Ps. Th. 114, 3
swyle
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A tumour, swelling, abscess Swyle apostema, Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 35: ii. 7, 68. Unwlitig swile . . . ðone ungeþwǽran swyle tumor deformis . . . tumorem illum infestum, Bd. 4, 32; S. 611, 17, 41. Se earm wæs on mycelne swyle gecyrred . . . ðeáh ðe se swyle
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swylt
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Death, destruction. of the death of the body Swylt háligra mors sanctorum, Ps. Th. 115, 5. Ende becwom, swylt æfter synnum, Beo. Th. 2514; B. 1255. On galgan rídan, seomian æt swylte, Exon. Th. 329, 14; Vy. 34. Deáðberende gyfl ( the forbidden fruit
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swylt
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A whirlpool Swyttes (swyltes?) gurgitis, Hpt. Gl. 468, 72
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swét-swége
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Of sweet sound, harmonious, melodious Mid swét*-*swégum leóþum suavisonis carminibus, Hymn. Surt. 58, 16
swég
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Add Áweóx mára swég and hefegra ( gravior sonitus ),swá ꝥ hit áhleóðrode swylce eall seó cyrice wǽre tóworpen fram þám grundweallum, Gr. D. 236, 12. Se sácerd scolde bión mid bellum behangen ... scolde beón gehiéred his swég (sonítus), Past. 93, 7. &
swic
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Deception, illusion For swicum deóflícum propter illusiones diabolicas, Anglia xiii. 396, 441
swég
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unregulated, confused sound, noise, din, crash Suoeg, cirm fragor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 109, 27. Swǽg clangor, sonitus, Hpt. Gl. 451, 44. Ne wind ne wætres swég, Blickl. Homl. 65, 19. Swég on windes onlícnesse, 133, 15. Swég innan ðan heáfedan. Lchdm. iii.
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swól
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Heat, burning Suól chaumos, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 75. Swól camos, 17, 8: i. 288, 41. Suóle caumati, ii. 103, 31. Swóle caumate, 22, 21. of the heat of fire Hé ( the phenix ) somnaþ swóles láfe, gegædraþ bán gebrosnad æfter bǽlþræce, Exon. Th. 216, 16;
swég-líc
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Sonorous Mid swéglícre stefne sonora voce, Anglia xiii. 412, 675
swilc-hwega
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some Þá geseah hé þǽr swilchwugu treów licgende and ꝥ lytel he saw lying there some bit of wood or other and that little, Hml. S. 236, 766