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hunig-swéte

(adj.)
Grammar
hunig-swéte, adj.

mellifluous

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Sweet as honey, mellifluous Hé hlód ðá mid þurstigum breóste ða flówendan láre ðe hé eft æfter fyrste mid hunigswéttre þrotan bealcette, Th. An. 45, 4

be-sweóp

(v.; part.)

covered over, clothed

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covered over, clothed, Bd. 3, 9; S. 534, 13; Similar entries p. of be-swápan

swinc-full

(adj.)
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swinc-full, adj.
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Full of trouble or distress, disastrous Ðæs ilean geáres wæs swíðe hefelíc geár and swíðe swincfull and sorhfull geár binnan Englelande on orfcwealme, and corn and wæstmas wǽron ætstandene. Chr. 1085 ; Erl. 219, 19

swinc-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
swinc-leás, adj.
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Without labour or toil On ð æm écan lífe wé bútan geswince God heriaþ. Wé sceolon on andwerdum lífe hine herian, ðæt wé móton becuman tó ðære swincleásan herunge, Homl. Th. ii. 364, 9

swegl-síðe

Grammar
swegl-síðe, Cd. Th. 184, 10; Exod. 105. v. ségl, I a.

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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-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

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

sweor-teáh

(n.)
Grammar
sweor-teáh, -téh; g. -teáge, -tége; f.
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A collar:?-Sweortéh millus vel collarium, Wrt. Voc. i. 23, 34. Sweorcláþ vel [sweor]tég collarium, ii. 134, 48. Swiortégum collaribus, vinculis, Hpt. Gl. 501, 38

un-swéte

(adj.)
Grammar
un-swéte, adj.

Unsweetbittersouroffensivefetid

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Unsweet, of taste, bitter, sour Hí mé geblendon bittre tósomne unswétne drync ecedes and geallan, Exon. Th. 88, 12; Cri. 1439. of smell, offensive, fetid Ðonne ne biþ se þost tó unswéte tó gestincanne, Lchdm, ii. 48, 14

for-swelan

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For 'kindle' substitute 'be consumed.'

ge-swelge

(n.)
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See preceding word

ge-sweór

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

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

hand-swyle

(n.)
Grammar
hand-swyle, es; m.
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A swelling in the hand Handswyle cidaricus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 46

hlúd-swége

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Hé hlúdswége (hlúdon swége, v. l.) clypode swá swá leó grimmeteð, Hml. S. 15, 188. Add

swárc-módness

(n.)
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Take here passage at swearcmódness

Linked entry: swearcmódness

un-swéte

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Add Hé cwæð. . . ꝥ . . . of þǽre eá wǽre reócende se mist unáræfnedlicre fýlnesse and unswétes stences (intolerabilis foetoris nebula), Gr. D. 218, 29

bí-swæc

(n.)
Grammar
bí-swæc, bí-swec
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treachery Bygswæc (-swec, v. l., bygspæc, Ps. Spl.) supplantationem, Ps. Rdr. 40, 10

Linked entries: big-spæc byg-spæc