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-swelge

(suffix)
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in geswelge

swétan

(v.)
Grammar
swétan, p. te; pp. swéted, swét
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To sweeten, make sweet. in a physical sense Nim hunig and swét ðone drænc, Lchdm. iii. 58, 30: ii. 120, 11. Swéte swíðe mid hunige, 216, 4. Swétedne, 111, 8, 15. to make pleasant Hé (the devil) mec féran hét, ðæt ic ðé sceolde synne swétan, Exon. Th.

Linked entry: swétian

swelca

(n.)
Grammar
swelca, an; m.
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A pustule, blister Swelca pustula, Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 19. Cf. swellan

swelg

(n.)
Grammar
swelg, swelh a chasm, swallow (v.
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D.D.) Swelh hiatum, opertionem ł foueam terrae, An. Ox. 50, 5

sweðian

(v.)
Grammar
sweðian, p. sweðede
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To swathe, wrap

ge-swelge

(n.)
Grammar
ge-swelge, es; n.

An abyssgulfvoragobarathrumcharybdis

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An abyss, gulf; vorago, barathrum, charybdis, Hpt. Gl. 421, 513

for-sweltan

(v.)
Grammar
for-sweltan, he -swilt; p. -swealt, pl. -swulton; pp. -swolten

To die awayperishpermŏri

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To die away, perish; permŏri Manig wíf forswilt for hire bearne many a woman dies because of her child, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 112, 11, note 17. Forswealt disparuit, Cot. 65: 190

for-sweolgan

(v.)

to swallow updevour

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to swallow up, devour, Ps. Th. 123, 2

fram-swengan

(v.)
Grammar
fram-swengan, p. de; pp. ed

To shake from or awayshake offexcŭtĕre

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To shake from or away, shake off; excŭtĕre Framswengde excussit, Cot. 179

for-sweltan

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Add: of persons, to die, perish. [He shal þe makie to forswelten, Jul. 19, 7.] of a (visible) thing, to die away, fade away, disappear Forswealt disparuit (omnis praestigiarum scaena ... ut fumus evanescens disparuit, Ald. 57, 13), Wrt. Voc. ii. 84,

ge-sweltan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sweltan, p. -swealt, pl. -swulton; pp. -swolten [sweltan to die]

To dieperishmŏri

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To die, perish; mŏri Men gesweltaþ hŏmĭnes moriemini, Ps. Spl. 81, 6. Geswolten, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 18

tó-swellan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-swellan, pp. -swollen

To swell outgrow big

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To swell out, grow big Ic tóswelle turgeo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 3; Zup. 155, 12. Tóswyllaþ grossescunt, intumescunt, Hpt. Gl. 447, 29. Se earm wæs swá swíþe greát and tóswollen brachio in tantum grossescente, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 23. Wiþ tótece . . . ðæt tóswollene

tó-swengan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-swengan, p. de

To dash asunderdispel by a strokedrive apart.

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To dash asunder, dispel by a stroke, drive apart. Similar entries v. tó-swápan

á-swellan

Grammar
á-swellan, p.-sweoll

To swell up

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To swell up Ðonne ásuilt ðæt lim, Past. 73, 10. Þá þe áþindað and áswellað þurh þá wilnunge þæs ídlan gylpes, Gr. D. 40, 4. His andwlita ásweoll, 20, 32. Seó hýd ásweoll, 157, 8. Ásweoll him se líchama, Guth. 68, 8. Ásuollen,ássuollan tuber, tumor, Txts

for-swelan

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For 'kindle' substitute 'be consumed.'

on-swégan

Similar entry: swégan

á-swégan

(v.)
Grammar
á-swégan, p.de

To resound

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To resound On aswégde intonuit, Ps. L. 28, 3

Linked entry: swégan

grunde-swelge

Grammar
grunde-swelge, Add: <b>gunde-swelge, grund-swelge</b>
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Gundesuilge, gundaesuelgiae, -suelgae senecen, Txts. 97, 1850. Grundeswelge sin(i)tea vel senecion, Wrt. Voc. i. 31, 26. Grundeswelige sinitia, 79, 7. Grundeswylie senicia, An. Ox. 56, 379. Grundswylige senecio, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 42

a-swellan

(v.)
Grammar
a-swellan, p. -sweall, pl. -swullon ; pp. -swollen

To swelltumere

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To swell ; tumere Se earm wæs swíðe aswollen the arm was much swollen, Bd. 5, 3 ; S. 616, 7

Linked entry: a-swollen

a-sweltan

(v.)
Grammar
a-sweltan, p. -swealt, pl. -swulton; pp. -swolten

To diemori

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To die; mori, Cot. 147: 62