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Sweón

(n.)
Grammar
Sweón, pl.
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The Swedes Burgendan habbaþ Sweón be norþan him . . . Sweón habbaþ be súþan him ðone sǽs earm, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 16, 31-34. Ðá Sweón heafdon weallstówe geweald, Chr. 1025; Erl. 163, 11. Sacu Sweóna and Geáta, Beo. Th. 4936; B. 2472: (Swona, MS.), 5885;

sweót

(n.)
Grammar
sweót, es; n.
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A troop, band, squadronJudth. Thw. 25, 38; Jud. 299. Ðý deáðdrepe drihte swǽfon, synfullra sweót sáwlum lunnon, Cd. Th. 209, 8; Exod. 496. Segn ofer sweóton, 185, 23; Exod. 127. Segen for sweótum, Elen. Kmbl. 247; El. 124. Sweótum in crowds, in shoals

swer

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

sweor-teáh

(n.)
Grammar
sweor-teáh, -téh; g. -teáge, -tége; f.
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Sweorcláþ vel [sweor]tég collarium, ii. 134, 48. Swiortégum collaribus, vinculis, Hpt. Gl. 501, 38

sweor-cops

(n.)
Grammar
sweor-cops, es; m.
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A neck-bond, pillory Iuc oððe swurcops (sweor-) bogia, (bogia torques damnatorum quasi jugum bovis, Migne), Ælfc. Gl. Zup. 321, 2. Sweorcopsas vel handcopsas boias, catenas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 43

Linked entry: sweor-sceacel

sweór-hnitu

(n.)
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Bradley suggests that suernit is a mistake for suge hnitu (usiu in Isidore is uermis porci), and that a later glossarist taking suer- as = sweor- may have produced sweor-hnitu

Linked entry: hnitu

sweor-wærc

(n.)
Grammar
sweor-wærc, es; m.
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Cf. sweor-coþu

ge-sweorc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sweorc, -sworc, es; n. [sweorcan to darken]
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A cloud, mist, smoke; nūbes, nĕbŭla, cālīgo Gif hér wind cymþ gesweorc upfæreþ if wind comes here a cloud ascends, Cd. 38; Th. 50, 12; Gen. 807. Cining geseah deorc gesweorc the king saw a dark cloud, 5; Th. 7, 19; Gen. 108

Linked entries: -sweorc ge-sworc

ge-sweorf

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sweorf, es; m. n.
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[?] Filings; limatura

ge-sweorc

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Geswerc (nebulam) swé swé eascan strigdeð, Ps. Srt. 147, 16. Mycel swég cymþ and gesweorc, Verc. Forst. 132, 3. Add

lang-sweored

(adj.)
Grammar
lang-sweored, -swyred; adj.

long-necked

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Having a long neck, long-necked Sume fugelas beóþ langsweorede swá swá swanas some birds are long- necked, such as swans, Hexam. 8; Norm. 14, 16. Ða beóþ langswyrede ðe lybbaþ be gærse swá swá olfend and assa, 9; Norm. 16, 2

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

ge-sweorf

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sweorf, es; n.
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Geswearfes of seolfre syx pænega gewǽge, Lch. i. 336, 8. Gesweorf ferruginem, i. rasura ferri, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147. 65 : ferruginem, 35, 32. Add

sweor-beáh

(n.)
Grammar
sweor-beáh, gen. -beáges; m.
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A collar, band or chain for the neck, necklace Myne vel sweorbéh monile vel serpentinum, Wrt. Voc. i. 40, 50. Swurbeáh monile, 74, 58. Swurbéh murenula vel torques, 16, 57. Ic ann ðære hlǽfdigan ánes swyrbeáges on hundtwelftigum mancussum and ánæs beáges

sweor-cláþ

(n.)
Grammar
sweor-cláþ, es; m.
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A cloth for the neck, a collar Sweorcláþ collarium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 48

sweor-sceacel

(n.)
Grammar
sweor-sceacel, es; m.
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A neck-shackle, pillory:?-Fótcopsa[s] vel sweorscacul nerui, boia, Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 15

Linked entry: sceacel

ge-sweór

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sweór, es; m.
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A cousin Gesweóras consobrini, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 19

folc-sweót

(n.)
Grammar
folc-sweót, es; m. [sweót, m. a band]

A multitude of peoplemultitudepŏpŭli multĭtūdocaterva

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A multitude of people, multitude; pŏpŭli multĭtūdo, caterva Folcsweóta mǽst greatest of multitudes, Cd. 171; Th. 215, 2; Exod. 577

Linked entry: sweót

sweor-bán

(n.)
Grammar
sweor-bán, es; n.
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The neck-bone, the neck Mín Drihten, ðú ðín hálige sweorbán geeádméddest, Anglia xii. 505, 22. Óð swirbán usque ad cervices, Ps. Surt. ii. p. 190, 27: Ps. Spl. C. 128, 4. Onheldon eówerra feónda swyrbán, Shrn. 86, 22

sweor-coþu

(n.)
Grammar
sweor-coþu, e; f.
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A disease of the neck or throat, quinsy Sweorcoþu arteriasis, Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 33. Wið sweorcoþe, Lchdm. ii. 2, 20: 44, 9. Various methods of treatment are given, 48, 4-28