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Anglo-Saxon

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swá

(adv.)
Grammar
swá, swǽ, swé (swé is the form in Ps. Surt. ; see also Txts. 600, col. 1. The form also occurs in Blickl. Homl. 23, 7).
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Swá swá leng swá bet, Bt. 35, 3; Fox 160, 8. Swá swá hé lengra biþ, swá hí bióþ ungesǽligran, 38, 4; Fox 204, 15.

Linked entries: se swǽ eall-swá

swá

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17, 11. 2 a. add Wið þan ðe mín wiif þǽr benuge innganges swá mid mínum líce swǽ yferran dógre swǽ hwæder swǽ hire liófre sié, Cht.

eal-swá

(adv.)
Grammar
eal-swá, eall-swá; adv.

ALSO, so, so as, likewise, even as, even so ⬩ simĭlĭter, sīcut

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ALSO, so, so as, likewise, even as, even so; simĭlĭter, sīcut Cristenum cyninge gebýreþ ðæt he sý ealswá hit riht is it is the duty of a Christian king to be as it is right, L. I. P. 2; Th. ii. 304, 8, 22. Ðá cwæþ he ealswá to ðám óðrum dixit simĭlĭter

Linked entries: swá al-swá eall-swá

eft-swá-micel

(adv.)

Even so much ⬩ tantundem

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Even so much; tantundem eft-swa-miceles for so much, at that price; tantīdem, Som. Ben. Lye

same

(adv.)
Grammar
same, (always in combination with swá); adv.

Similarly, in the same way

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Ðǽr wífmenn feohtaþ swá same swá wǽpnedmen. Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 76, 27

eall-swá

(adv.)
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Ic wylle þysum ýtemestan syllan eallswá mycel swá þé volo huic novissimo dare sicut et tibi, Mt. 20, 14. Eallswá mihtig swá hé nú is, Swt. A. S.

al-swá

(adv.)

also

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also, L. Ethb. 70; Wilk. 6, 41

Linked entry: all-swá

eall-swá

(adv.)
Grammar
eall-swá, adv.

Also, so, so as, likewise, even as, even so ⬩ sīcut

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Also, so, so as, likewise, even as, even so; sīcut Eallswá he sǽde sīcut dixit, Mk. Bos. 14, 16

Swa-ðeód

Similar entry: Sweó-þeód

all-swá

(adv.)

likewise ⬩ also

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likewise, also, Mt. Kmbl. Hat. 21, 30

swá-lic

Similar entry: swilc

-swát

(adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-swát, adj. in ge-swat
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sweaty, sweating Ðara breósta biþ deáwig wǽtung, swá swá sié geswát, Lchdm. ii. 258, 18. Gebeþe ða hamma mid ðam stánbaðe; ðonne hié sién geswáte, ðonne recce hé ða bán, 68, 6

swan

(n.)
Grammar
swan, swon, es; m.
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A swan Suan holor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 42. Swan, 43, 7. Suon olor, 115, 45. Swon, ilfetu, 63, 40; alvor, 6, 55. Swann olor, i. 62, 12. Swan diomedia, 63, 14. Swanes feðre, Exon. Th. 207, 6; Ph. 137.

swát

(n.)
Grammar
swát, es; n. [The passages in which the gender is marked are doubtful. Ðæt swót. Lchdm. iii. 98, 17, occurs in a late MS.; ísen swát, ii. 296, 18, may be a compound; ða swát, iii. 72, 28, may be a mistake for spátl, v. ii. 56, 15. Dutch has a neuter, German and Scandinavian have masculines.]
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37, 3; Swt. 269, 12.

Linked entry: swǽtan

swǽ

Similar entry: swá

slá

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Gyf þé slána lyste, þonne sete þú þínne winstran þúman on þínes litlan fingres lið and pýt mid þínum scytefingre in þíne wynstran hand on þornes getácnunge þe hí on weaxað, Tech. ii. 124, 24. Add

sca-

(prefix)

Similar entry: scæ-

swán

(n.)
Grammar
swán, es; m.
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Swán, 35, 66: bubullus (-cus?), in a list de suibus, i. 286, 58: ii. 11. 59. Hiene án swán ( subulcus, Flor. Wig.) ofstang, Chr. 755; Erl. 48, 23. Hé (Alfred) on sumes swánes (the swán is called vaccarius in the Latin Vita S.

swát

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Add: v. ísen-swát

slá

(n.)
Grammar
slá, (from sláhe); gen. slán: but also sláh, slág, e; f.
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A sloe: — Slá brumela, bellicum. Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 26. Slág bellicum, Txts. 45, 289. Genim onwǽre sláh ðæt seáw . . . gif sió sláh biþ gréne, Lchdm. ii. 32, 18 - 20. Gewring tósomne swilce sié án sláh, 54, 6. Slán moros. Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 33 : ii. 56

Linked entries: slág sláh

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