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é-swíc

Grammar
é-swíc, l. é-swic.

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ge-swinc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-swinc, -swing, es; n. [swinc labour, trouble]

Labour ⬩ exercise ⬩ inconvenience ⬩ fatigue ⬩ trouble ⬩ affliction ⬩ tribulation ⬩ torment ⬩ temptation ⬩ banishment ⬩ lăbor ⬩ exercĭtātio ⬩ incommŏdum ⬩ afflictio ⬩ trībŭlātio ⬩ tentātio ⬩ exsĭlium

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Labour, exercise, inconvenience, fatigue, trouble, affliction, tribulation, torment, temptation, banishment; lăbor, exercĭtātio, incommŏdum, afflictio, trībŭlātio, tentātio, exsĭlium Geswinc lăbor, Ælfc Gr. 9, 21; Som. 10, 27. Com ðis geswinc ofer us

Linked entries: swinc ge-swenc ge-swincg ge-swing

swice

(n.)
Grammar
swice, and (?) swicc, es; m.
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Swice, Wrt. Voc. ii. 63, 57. Ðæt wæs swéte stenc . . . tó ðæm swicce men þrungon, Exon. Th. 359, 21; Pa. 66

swer

(n.)
Grammar
swer, a pillar, swér a mother-in-law, swér
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heavy

-swicu

(suffix)
Grammar
-swicu, (?). v. ge-swicu(?).

-swát

(adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-swát, adj. in ge-swat
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sweaty, sweating Ðara breósta biþ deáwig wǽtung, swá swá sié geswát, Lchdm. ii. 258, 18. Gebeþe ða hamma mid ðam stánbaðe; ðonne hié sién geswáte, ðonne recce hé ða bán, 68, 6

gærs-swýn

(n.)
Grammar
gærs-swýn, es; n.

A pasturage swine ⬩ herbāgii porcus

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A pasturage swine; herbāgii porcus He sceal syllan gærs-swýn dēbet dăre porcum herbāgii, L. R. S. 2; Th. i. 432, 9

be-swíc

(n.)
Grammar
be-swíc, big-swíc, bí-swíc, es; m. [be, big, bí intensive; swíc deceit, swícan to deceive]

Deceit, a deceiving, treachery ⬩ fraus, deceptio, dolus = δόλos

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Deceit, a deceiving, treachery; fraus, deceptio, dolus = δόλos Bútan bræde and beswíce [bigswíce, bíswíce, Th. i. 160, 7, note 6] absque frgmento et fraude, L. Ed. 1; Wilk. 48, 38. Bíswícum deceptionibus, Mone B. 1174. Philippus ealle ða cyningas mid

Linked entries: big-swic bí-swic big-swíc bí-swíc

bí-swic

Grammar
bí-swic, (bi-), -swic-.

Similar entry: be-swíc

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

ǽ-swíc

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-swíc, áé-swýc, é-swíc, es; m. [ǽ law, swíc an offence]

An offence ⬩ a scandal ⬩ stumbling-block ⬩ sedition ⬩ deceit ⬩ scandalum

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An offence, a scandal, stumbling-block, sedition, deceit; scandalum Ne biþ him ǽswíc non est illis scandalum, Ps. Th. 118, 165: Ps. Spl. 118, 165: 48, 13: 49, 21, C. To ǽswýce in scandalum. Ps. Th. 105, 26

Linked entries: ǽ-swícung ǽ-swýc é-swíc

swíge

(n.)
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Add: swíg(?), e; f. Add Dumbre swígan mutae taciturnitatis, An. Ox. 1937. Mid swíge silentio, 2085. Fífwintre swígan stǽrleornera quinquennem taciturnitatem Stoicorum, 4144

swice

(adj.)
Grammar
swice, adj.
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deceitful, fraudulent Hí wiðstandaþ ðam swican (or subst. ? v. swica) Antecriste, Wulfst. 198, 14. [He minne fader biswak þurh swike his craftes (mid his luþer craftes, 2nd MS. ), Laym. 14865.]

swíge

(adj.)
Grammar
swíge, adj.
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silent, not speaking On óðre wísan mon sceal manigean ða swíðe swígean, on óðre wísan ða felaídelsprǽcean, Past. 23; Swt. 174, 24. Ða ðe tó swíðe swíge (swigge, Cott. MSS.) beóþ . . . ða suíðe suígean (swiggean, Cott.

swíþ-swíge

(adj.)
Grammar
swíþ-swíge, adj.
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Taciturn, too silent Ða suíðsuígean (swíðe swígean, Cott. MSS.) ða felaídelsprǽcæn nimis taciti, multiloquio vacantes, Past. 23; Swt. 175, 24

Linked entry: swíge

swíge

(n.)
Grammar
swíge, (but swígea occurs, Scint. 82, 1), an; f.
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Mid swígan forberan to bear in silence, Homl. Th. ii. 164, 20. Heó swigan lufode, 546, 28. Wé cweðaþ ðæt sí best æfter Gode, ðæt man gemetigian cunne ge his spréce ge his swígan, Prov.

Linked entries: swígness swíg-tíma swíg

swínen

(adj.)
Grammar
swínen, adj.
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Hyre twigu beóþ swylce swínen byrst. Lchdm. i. 156, 2

a-swind

(adj.)
Grammar
a-swind, æ-swind; adj.

Slothful ⬩ sluggish ⬩ idle ⬩ iners

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Slothful, sluggish, idle; iners, Cot. 108

Linked entry: æ-swind

swíþ

(adj.)
Grammar
swíþ, adj.
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Mid ðæm swíðan welme hátheortnesse, Met. 25, 46. Intó ðý swíðan slǽpe, Blickl. Homl. 205, 4. Þurh ða swíðan miht, Cd. Th. 237, 24; Dan. 342. Se willa biþ ðonne strengra ðonne ðæt gecynd.

Linked entries: swíðra swýþ un-swíþ

swífan

Grammar
swífan, <b>. I.</b>
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Se bróc þeáh hé swífe (swíþe, MS.) of his rihtryne (cf. bróc bið onwended of his rihtryne vagatur defluus amnis, Met. 5, 19), Bt. 6; S. 14, 15. v. ymb-swífan. Add

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