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swylt-deáþ

(n.)
Grammar
swylt-deáþ, es; m.
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Death Ðú míne sáwle of swyltdeáðes láþum wiðlǽddest eripuisti animam meam de morte, Ps. Th. 55, 11

an-sweóp

Grammar
an-sweóp, v. swápan
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in Dict

fǽr-swile

(n.)
Grammar
fǽr-swile, es; m.
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A sudden swelling Wiþ fǽrswile, Lch. ii. 74, 8

fót-swyle

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Þæs féþe getugon mycle fótswylas (-swilas, v.l.) and fornámon cujus gressum dolore nimio podagra contraxerat, Gr. D. 47, 21. Cf. fót-geswell. Add

ge-swége

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-swége, adj.
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Harmonious, sonorous, concordant Geswége consona, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 23. Of geswégum dréme consona armonia (psallentes), An. Ox. 7, 173. Of geswégre canora (voce concrepans), 175. Mid geswégre singan stæfne sonora psallant uoce, Angl. xiii. 410, 641.

ge-swinc

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Take here ge-swincg in Dict., and add: with respect to action labour of body or mind, toil, hard work: — Ðǽr wæs suíðe suíðlic gesuinc, and ðǽr wæs micel swát ágoten multo labore sudatum est, Past. 269, 12. Hú hefig ðæt twiefalde gesuinc (duplicitatis

hás-swége

(adj.)
Grammar
hás-swége, adj.
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Hoarse-sounding Hásswége raucisonos, rugientes, Germ. 391, 38

Linked entry: swége

hunig-swéte

Grammar
hunig-swéte, For Th. An. 45, 4' substitute: Hml. Th. ii. 118, 22,
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and add: lit. Gutta, ꝥ ys hunigswéte dropa, Angl. viii. 299, 48. Huniswéttre mellite (dulcedinis gustum), An. Ox. 336. fig. Huniswé[te] lippan mellea labia, An. Ox. 3183. Orþiende wyrtbráþa swétnyssa líflicra hunigswéte spirans odorum balsama vitalium

sam-swége

(adj.)
Grammar
sam-swége, (?); adj.
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Harmonious Ungeswége sang diaphonia, samswége (printed sum swége) sang canticum, Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 34, 35

sweór-bán

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Dryhten ceorfeð sweórbán ( cervices ) synfulra Ps. Vos. 128, 4. Add

sweór-beáh

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Sweórbeáh baben, torques aurea cum gemenis Hpt. 31, 13, 295. Add

sweór-hnitu

(n.)
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Dr. 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

heaðu-sweng

(n.)
Grammar
heaðu-sweng, es; m.

A blow given in fight

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A blow given in fight, Beo. Th. 5155; B. 2581

ge-swége

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-swége, adj.

Similar entry: un-geswége

ge-swelge

(n.)
Grammar
ge-swelge, es; n.

An abyssgulfvoragobarathrumcharybdis

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An abyss, gulf; vorago, barathrum, charybdis, Hpt. Gl. 421, 513

ge-swinc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-swinc, -swing, es; n. [swinc labour, trouble]

Labourexerciseinconveniencefatiguetroubleafflictiontribulationtormenttemptationbanishmentlăborexercĭtātioincommŏdumafflictiotrībŭlātiotentātioexsĭlium

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Labour, exercise, inconvenience, fatigue, trouble, affliction, tribulation, torment, temptation, banishment; lăbor, exercĭtātio, incommŏdum, afflictio, trībŭlātio, tentātio, exsĭlium Geswinc lăbor, Ælfc Gr. 9, 21; Som. 10, 27. Com ðis geswinc ofer us

benc-swég

(n.)
Grammar
benc-swég, es; m.

A bench-noisenoise from the benchesconvivial noiseclamor in scamnis ad convivium sedentium

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A bench-noise, noise from the benches, convivial noise; clamor in scamnis ad convivium sedentium Beo. Th. 2326; B. 1161

be-swác

(v.; part.)

deceived, enticed, seduced

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deceived, enticed, seduced, Andr. Kmbl. 1226; An. 613; Similar entries p. of be-swícan

big-swíc

(n.)
Grammar
big-swíc, es; m.

Deceit, guilefraus

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Deceit, guile; fraus Bútan brede and bigswíce without fraud and guile, L. Ed. 1; Th. i. 160, 7

bi-swác

(v.; part.)

deceived, seduced,

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deceived, seduced, Exon. 70 a; Th. 260, 25; Jul. 302; p. of bi-swícan