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a-swífan

(v.)
Grammar
a-swífan, p. -swáf, pl. -swifon; pp. -swifen

To wander out of the wayto wander aboutexorbitare

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To wander out of the way, to wander about ; exorbitare, Cot. 76 : 188

Linked entry: a-swáf

þurh-swíðan

(v.)

to prove very strong

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to prove very strong Hé þurhswíðde on ídelnesse praeualuit in vanitate, Ps. Lamb. 51, 9

æt-swígan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-swígan, p. de
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To become silent, keep silence about something Be Lazares mægnum wæs ætswíged de Lazari virtutibus tacetur , Gr. D. 2171 18. v. oþ-swígan

fore-swígan

(adv.)

Similar entry: fóre

for-swígan

Grammar
for-swígan, v. swígan
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in Dict

ge-swícan

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Add: to cease, stop, absolute Ne geswíceð non tricaverit (tricare cessare, Migne), Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 1. to cease from proceeding, to retire, retreat Gecier lá and gesuíc, ne folga mé recede, noli me persequi, Past. 295, 15. to cease from action, (ill

on-swífan

(v.)

to swing, turnto turn aside, divert

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to swing, turn Bordrand onswáf wið ðam gryregieste Geáta dryhten Beowulf turned his shield against the approaching fire-drake, Beo. Th. 5112; B. 2559. to turn aside, divert Ne mæg mon ǽfre ðý éð ǽnne his cræftes beniman, ðe mon oncerran mæg sunnan onswífan

ge-swícan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swícan, ic -swíce, ðú -swícest, -swícst, he -swíceþ. -swícþ, pl. -swícaþ; p. -swác, pl. -swicon; pp. -swicen

To leave offdesiststopceaserest fromturn fromwithdrawrelinquishfaildeceivebetrayintermitteredesisterecessarequiescererequiesceredesererediscedererelinqueredeficerefallereproderewith the genitive with the dative

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To leave off, desist, stop, cease, rest from, turn from, withdraw, relinquish, fail, deceive, betray; intermittere, desistere, cessare, quiescere, requiescere, deserere, discedere, relinquere, deficere, fallere, prodere. v. n He nolde geswícan he would

tó-swífan

(v.)

to move off in different directions

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to move off in different directions Ǽghwilc óþer útan ymbclyppeþ, ðý læs hí tóswífen each from without embraces other, lest they take their separate courses, Met. 11, 36. v. Bt. 21; Fox 74, 11 Similar entries in tó-slúpan, I

heáfod-swíma

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-swíma, an; m.

Swimming in the head, dizziness,dizziness in the head.

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Swimming in the head, dizziness, Cd. 76; Th. 94, 28; Gen. 1568

Linked entry: swíma

æt-swymman

Grammar
æt-swymman, l. -swimman;
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and see oþ-swimman

sund-ampre

(n.)
Grammar
sund-ampre, an; f.
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Some kind of dock; rumex maritimus Sundompran (cf. ompran þá þe swimman wile, 322, 16, and see sund) ymbdelf, Lch. ii. 116, 13

scealfor

(n.)
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Geseah hé scealfran swimman on ánum flóde . . . þá bebeád Martinus þám mǽðleásum scealfrum ꝥ hí geswicon þæs fixnoðes, Hml. S. 31, 1322

flax-fóte

(adj.)
Grammar
flax-fóte, flox-fóte, flohten-fóte; adj.

Broad-footedflat-footedweb-footedpalmĭpes

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Broad-footed, flat-footed, web-footed; palmĭpes Ða fugelas ðe on flódum wuniaþ syndon flaxfóte, ðæt hí swimman mǽgen [MS. magon] the birds that dwell in waters are web-footed, that they may swim, Hexam. 8; Norm. 14, 15

sund-hwæt

(adj.)
Grammar
sund-hwæt, adj.
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-Sǽfisca cynn swimmaþ sund*-*hwate, ðǽr se swéta stenc út gewítaþ (-eþ?), Exon. Th. 363, 21; Wal. 57

CLÁTE

(n.)
Grammar
CLÁTE, an; f.

CLOT-burburdock, goose-grass, cliversphilanthropos = φιλάνθρωπος , lappa, arctium lappa, galium aparine

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Genim doccan oððe clátan, ða ðe swimman wolde take dock or clote, such as would swim, 1, 50; Lchdm. ii. 122, 22

DOCCE

(n.)
Grammar
DOCCE, an; f.
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Docce seó ðe swimman wille the dock which will swim, the water-lily; nymphæa, L. M. 3, 71; Lchdm. ii. 358, 8: 2, 65; Lchdm. ii. 292, 11: 1, 50; Lchdm. ii. 122, 21