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sweart-lást

(adj.)
Grammar
sweart-lást, adj.

Leaving a black track

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Leaving a black track Fugles wyn ( a pen) stop eft on mec (a book ), síþade sweartlást, Exon. Th. 408, 12 ; Rä. 27, 11

swefel-sweart

(adj.)
Grammar
swefel-sweart, (?); adj.

Dark with the smoke of sulphur

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Dark with the smoke of sulphur (?) Suefl-sweart sulforia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 61

an-sweóp

Grammar
an-sweóp, v. swápan
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in Dict

for-sweóp

(v.; part.)
Grammar
for-sweóp, p. of for-swápan.

swept away

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swept away. Beo. Th. 959; B. 477;

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

tó-swápan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-swápan, p. -sweóp

To disperse by a sweeping movement ⬩ to sweep apart or away

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To disperse by a sweeping movement, to sweep apart or away Se ðone líg tósceáf, tósweóp hine and tóswende þurh ða swíðan miht he thrust back the flame on every side, swept and dashed it away by his strong might, Cd. Th. 237, 23; Dan. 342. Tósweóp and

Linked entry: tó-swengan

sweorsaga

Grammar
sweorsaga, (sweord, saga?)
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glosses allec, An. Ox. 30, 2

swápan

(v.)
Grammar
swápan, p. sweóp; pp. swápen

To sweep ⬩ To sweep with a brush ⬩ to sweep, move (something) with the action of one sweeping ⬩ To sweep, have a sweeping motion, drive; the form and much of the sense belong to swoop ⬩ to wrap. ⬩ to swing. ⬩ to sweep, stroke; make a sweeping stroke with a weapon; wrap, swaddle.

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To sweep, trans, To sweep with a brush (lit. or metaph.) Ic swápe uerro, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Zup. 169, 14. Ic sweóp gást mínne scopebam spiritum meum, Ps. Spl. 76, 6. to sweep, move (something) with the action of one sweeping Swápeþ sigeméce mid ðære swíðran

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

Linked entry: swellan

ge-swápan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swápan, p. ge-sweóp
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To sweep together, take possession of, get into one's power Ptholomeus tógædere gesweóp ealle Egyptum and Arabia Ptolemaeo Aegyptus Arabiaeque pars sorte provenit, Ors. 3, 11; S. 142, 27

ymb-swápan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-swápan, p. -sweóp; pp. -swápen.
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to sweep about (of the motion of waves) Ða ýþa weóllan and ymbsweópan and ǽghwonene ðæt scyp fyldon verrentibus undique et implere incipientibus navem fluctibus Bd. 3, 15 ; S. 541, 42. to wrap round Ymbswápen circumamicta, Ps. Surt. Spl. C. 44, 10,

swógan

(v.)
Grammar
swógan, p. sweóg; pp. swógen.

to make a sound, move with noise, rush, roar (of wind, water, flame) ⬩ to move with violence, enter with force, invade. ⬩ noise ⬩ swoon

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to make a sound, move with noise, rush, roar (of wind, water, flame) Swógaþ windas, bláwaþ brecende bearhtma mǽste, Exon. Th. 59, 10; Cri. 950. Frætwe míne ( a swan ) swógaþ hlúde, 390, 7; Rä. 8, 7. Drihten lét willeburnan on woruld þringan, égorstreámas

for-swápan

(v.)
Grammar
for-swápan, p. -sweóp; pp. -swápen

To sweep away ⬩ verrĕre ⬩ protrūdĕre

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To sweep away; verrĕre, protrūdĕre Hie wyrd forsweóp fate has swept them away, Beo. Th. 959; B. 477. Hafaþ us God forswapen on ðás sweartan mistas God has swept us into these dark mists, Cd. 21; Th. 25, 9; Gen. 391. Ealle wyrd forsweóp [MS. forsweof]

ge-sweógian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sweógian, p. ode; pp. od

To be silent; ⬩ tăcēre

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To be silent; tăcēre Gesweógode he áne hwíle he was silent for some time, Bt. 39, 2; Fox 212, 10

sweoloþ

(n.)
Grammar
sweoloþ, swoloþ (swóloþ?), es; m.

Heat, burning

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Heat, burning Swoloð aestus vel cauma, Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 41. Swoloð (swaloð, MS. J.: sweoli, MS. W.) cauma, Ælfc. Gl. Zup. 306, 15. Ðes swolaþ (swoli, MS. W.) hoc cauma, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 1; Zup. 33, 12 note. Swoleðe caumate, Hpt. Gl. 482, 48: 495, 22. Hét

ge-swerian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swerian, ic -swerige, -swerge; p. -swór, -sweór, pl. -swóron; pp. -sworen [swerian to swear]

To swear ⬩ take an oath ⬩ jūrāre

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To swear, take an oath; jūrāre Ic ðæt geswerige þurh sunu Meotudes this I swear by the son of the Creator, Elen. Kmbl. 1368; El. 686. Ic geswerge I swear, Exon. 67 a; Th. 247, 17; Jul. 80. Swá ic geswór wið Drihten sīcut jūrāvit Domĭno, Ps. Th. 131,

be-swápan

(v.)
Grammar
be-swápan, p. -sweóp, pl. -sweópon; pp. -swápen; [be, swápan to sweep]

To clear up, persuade, cover over, clothe, protect ⬩ suadere, cooperire, amicire, munire

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To clear up, persuade, cover over, clothe, protect; suadere, cooperire, amicire, munire Gif hwylc Rǽdwolde on mód beswápe si qui Redualdo suadeat, Bd. 2, 12; S. 514, 3. Hí hí mid scýtan besweóp she covered herself over with a sheet, 3, 9; S. 534, 13.

Linked entry: be-sweóp

a-swápan

(v.)
Grammar
a-swápan, he -swápþ, -swæpþ ; p. -sweóp, pl. -sweópon ; pp. -swópen

To sweep off ⬩ clean ⬩ verrere ⬩ mundare

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To sweep off, clean; verrere, mundare Hit aswǽpþ aweg ðæt yfel abstergat mala, Past. 36, 8 ; Hat. MS. 48 b, 16 : Exon. 106 b ; Th. 405, 21; Rä. 24, 5. Aswópen clǽne mundatus, Mt. Rush. Stv. 12, 44

hype

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'Hæbbe eówer ǽlc his sweord be his ðió (super femur suum)'. . . Is ðearf ðæt hé hæbbe his sweord be his hype (super femur suum), Past. 433, 15. Ðæt mon his sweord doo ofer his hype, 383, 4

swerian

(v.)
Grammar
swerian, p. swór (but a weak swerede occurs; cf.
Icel. svarði as well as sór
), pl. swóron; pp. sworen

To swear, make oath. ⬩ absolute ⬩ to swear by or on ⬩ to swear to anything ⬩ to swear an oath by something ⬩ to swear by, on . . . that . . .

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Hí wið mé sweórun adversum me jurabant, Ps. Surt. 101, 9. Ic secge eów, ðæt gé eallunga ne swerion, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 34. Hí mé hraþe æfter swerigean ongunnon, Ps. Th. 101, 6. Hé mót swerian for syxtig hída, L.

Linked entry: fore-swerian