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ge-sweorcan

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Add: of physical darkness Bið úpheofon sweart and gesworcen tristius coelum tenebris obducitur atris, Dón. L. 105 : Wlfst. 137, 9. of dark passions, sadness Ic geþencan ne mæg for hwan módsefa mín ne gesweorce, Wand. 59. fear Wé férað gesworcene mid

ge-sweorfan

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For ' Glos. . . . 19' substitute Germ. 391, 41, and add Gesuirbet elimat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 107, 16. Geswyrfeþ, 29, 25

tó-swellan

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After 'F' in last line insert: 10876, and add His hýd tósweóll cutis intumescebat, Gr. D. 157, 9. Hé beót Libertinum on ꝥ heáfod and on þá ansýne oð ꝥ eall his andwlita wearð tóswollen and áwannod ei caput ac faciem tutudit totumque illius vultum tumentem

á-swengan

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On ðé áswenged (iactatus) ic eom, Ps. Rdr. 21, 11. Add

on-swebban

(v.)

to put to sleep (but generally of the sleep of death), lay to rest ( in the grave)

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to put to sleep (but generally of the sleep of death), lay to rest ( in the grave) Onsuebbaþ sepeliant, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 44. Onsuebdum sopitis, 120, 73

ge-sweccan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sweccan, p. te; pp. ed [sweccan to smell]

To smell;odōrāri

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To smell; odōrāri Næsþyrlu hí habbaþ and ná gesweccaþ nāres hăbent et non odōrābunt, Ps. Spl. M. 113, 14

Linked entry: sweccan

ge-swelgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swelgan, p. -swealg, -swealh, pl. -swulgon; pp. -swolgen [swelgan to swallow]

To swallowdevourdevŏrāredeglutīre

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To swallow, devour; devŏrāre, deglutīre Ða mægenþreátas meredeáþ geswealh the sea-death swallowed those mighty bands, Cd. 169; Th. 210, 9; Exod. 512

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

ge-sweorcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sweorcan, he -swyrcþ; p. -swearc, pl. -swurcon; pp. -sworcen

To become darkbe darkenedsaddenedangry

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To become dark, be darkened, saddened, angry Ródor eal geswearc the heavens all grew dark, Elen. Kmbl. 1709; El. 856: Beo. Th. 3583; B. 1789: Cd. 166; Th. 207, 4; Exod. 461. Seó eorþe wæs gesworcen and aþýstrod under his fótum caligo sub pedibus ejus

ge-sweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sweorfan, p. -swearf, pl. -swurfon; pp. -sworfen

To file or rub off to polish off;expolire

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To file or rub off to polish off; expolire To ásworfenum óran, to gesworfenum óran sub expolita, Glos. Prudent. Recd. 142, 19

Linked entries: ge-sworfen ge-swyrfan

ge-sweðerian

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

To weakendestroy

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To weaken, destroy Gesweðerad wæs se swyle fuga tumoris secuta est, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 39. Ðonne beoþ mín sorg gesweðrad my sorrow will be stilled, Exon. 48; Th. 164, 17; Gú. 1013

Linked entry: ge-swæðrung

tó-sweorcan

(v.)

to make dark

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to make dark Beóþ tósworcene ł áþéstrede obscurantur, Hpt. Gl. 447, 36

á-sweltan

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Ásualt diem obiil, Wrt. Voc. ii. 106, 34. Áswealt, 25, 48. Hér Heródes áswalt, Chr. 46;P. 6, 20. Áswelte ocumbat Wrt. Voc. ii. 64, 66; moriatur, Jn. R. II. 50. Ásuelte expiravit, Mk. L. 15, 37. Ic wæs áswolten and mín gewit forleás veluí emoriens sensum

á-swengan

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Fram áswengde excussii, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 17. Ðá stánas wǽron áswengde on ðára onsýn þe þǽr onsǽton, Shrn. 81, 3. Add

for-swelan

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For 'kindle' substitute 'be consumed.'

ge-swétan

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Se lǽce, ðonne hé bietre wyrta ðéð tó hwelcum drence, hé hié gesueét mid hunige, Past. 303, 13. Geswétte dulcavit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 35: indulcavit, 45, 24. Geswét candies, 16, 11. Geswét mid hunige, Lch. ii. 20, 6. Geswét wín dulcis sapa, An. Ox. 5492

on-swégan

Similar entry: swégan

á-swégan

(v.)
Grammar
á-swégan, p.de

To resound

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To resound On aswégde intonuit, Ps. L. 28, 3

Linked entry: swégan

for-swelan

(v.)
Grammar
for-swelan, p. -swæl, pl. -swǽlon; pp. -swolen [swelan to burn]

To burn upkindlecombūri

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To burn up, kindle; combūri Hit fǽringa fýre byrneþ, forsweleþ under sunnan it suddenly burns with fire, kindles under the sun, Exon. 63 b; Th. 233, 29; Ph. 532

Linked entry: swelan

ge-swétan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swétan, p. -swétte; pp. -swéted, -swét [swéte sweet]

To make sweetsweetenseasoncondīreindulcāreindulcōrāre

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To make sweet, sweeten, season; condīre, indulcāre, indulcōrāre Ic geswéte synna lustas I sweeten the delights of sins, Exon. 71 a; Th. 264, 24; Jul. 369. His bodunga mid sóþre lufe symle geswétte he ever sweetened his preachings with true love, Homl

Linked entry: swétan