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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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Of ealdum cláðum ðe beóþ eal on swáte, Homl. Ass. 35, 280. Swá ða swát (but ii. 56, 15 has spátl), beóþ missenlícu, Lchdm. iii. 72, 28. <b>Ia.

Linked entry: swǽtan

-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

swát

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Add: v. ísen-swát

ge-swát

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-swát, adj. v. -swát
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in Dict

swát-swaþu

(n.)
Grammar
swát-swaþu, e; f.
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A bloody track Wæs sió swátswaþu Sweóna and Geáta, wælrǽs wera, wíde gesýne, Beo. Th. 5884; B. 2946

ísen-swát

(n.)
Grammar
ísen-swát, es ; m.
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Smít on ísenswát, L. M. 2, 65; Lchdm. ii. 296, 18. See iii. 366, col. 1. [?]

for-swat

(v.)
Grammar
for-swat, Cht. Th. 584, 5.

Similar entry: for-spillan

hilde-swát

(n.)
Grammar
hilde-swát, es; m.

Hostile vapour or steam

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Hostile vapour or steam, Beo. Th. 5109; B. 2558

swát-lín

(n.)
Grammar
swát-lín, es; n.
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Ðín pund ðe ic hæfde on swát-lín ( in sudario ) áléd, Lk. Skt. 19, 20

Linked entry: swát-cláþ

swát-cláþ

(n.)
Grammar
swát-cláþ, es; m.
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Hé wearð álýsed swá hraðe swá se swátcláð hine hrepode, Homl. Th. ii. 414, 21-25

Linked entry: swát-lín

swát-fáh

(adj.)
Grammar
swát-fáh, adj.
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Blood-stained Oft æt hilde gedreás swátfag and sweordwund sec[g] æfter óðrum, Vald. 1, 5. Swátfáh syrce, Beo. Th. 2226; B. 1111

swat-þyrel

(n.)
Grammar
swat-þyrel, es; n.
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A pore Swátþyrlu pori i. spiramenta unde sudor emanat. Wrt. Voc. i 44, 25

heaðu-swát

(n.)
Grammar
heaðu-swát, es; m.

War-sweat, blood shed in battle

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War-sweat, blood shed in battle, Beo. Th. 2924; B. 1460: 3216; B. 1606: 3340; 1668

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.

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.

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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On swelce healfe swelce hié winnende beón woldan, swá súþ, swá norþ, swá eást, swá west, Ors. 3, 5; Swt. 106, 13. swá hwæðer swá . . . swá whether . . . or Sete man ofer ðæne þriddan dæg, swá hwæðer swá heó beó fúl swá clǽne, L.

Linked entries: se swǽ eall-swá

swót

(adj.)
Grammar
swót, adj.
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Sweet Ðæt hús gefylled wæs of suót stenc ðæs smirinese domus impleta est ex odore ungenti, Jn. Skt. Lind. 12, 3. Mid swótum wyrtum, Nar. 49, 8

swár

Similar entry: swǽr

swár-

(prefix)

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swart

Similar entry: sweart

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