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BEOWULF.

swebban, w. v., send to sleep, kill, 679; pres. sg. 3rd, swefeð, 600.

ā-swebban, w. v., put to sleep, appease, kill; pret. part. pl. āswefede, 567.

swefan, st. v., sleep, sleep the sleep of death, 119, 1008, etc.; pret. pl. swǣfon, 703, swǣfun, 1280.

-swefede, see -swebban.

swefeð, 600, see swebban.

swēg, st. m., sound, noise, 89, 644, etc.

swegel, st. neut., sky, 860, 1078, etc.

swegle, adj., bright, clear, 2749.

swegl-wered, adj., ether-clad, radiant, 606.

swelan, st. v., [sweal] burn, 2713.

swelgan, st. v., swallow; pret., with dat., swealh, 743, swealg, 3155; pret. subj., absolutely, swulge, 782.

for-swelgan, st. v., swallow up, 1122, 2080.

swellan, st. v., swell, 2713.

sweltan, st. v., die, 1617, etc.; with cognate dat. morðre, -dēaðe, 892, 2782, 3037.

swencan, w. v., molest, oppress, 1510.

ge-swencan, st. v., strike, bring low, 2438.

ge-swenced, pp. (of swencan or geswencan), made to toil, harassed, harried, pressed, 975, 1368.

sweng, st. m., swing, stroke, 1520, etc.

sweofot, st. m., sleep, 1581, 2295.

sweoloð, st. m., flame, 1115.

-swēop, see -swāpan.

sweorcan, st. v., grow dark, 1737.

for-sw(e)orcan, st. v., grow dim, 1767.

ge-sweorcan, st. v., lour, 1789.

sweord, swurd, swyrd, st. neut., sword, 487, 539, 2610, etc.; pl. sweord, 2638, swyrd, 3048.

sweord-bealo, st. neut., sword-bale, death by the sword, 1147.

sweord-freca, w. m., sword-wolf, sword-warrior, 1468.

swyrd-gifu, st. f., sword-giving, 2884.

sweotol, adj., clear, 817, 833; nom. swutol, 90; weak dat. sweotolan, 141.

swerian, st. v., swear, 472, 2738.

for-swerian, st. v., with dat., forswear, 804.

sweðrian, w. v., wane, lessen, 901, 2701.

swīcan, st. v., fail, disappear, escape, 966, 1460.

ge-swīcan, st. v., weaken, fail, 1524, etc.

swīfan, st. v.

on-swīfan, st. v., swing up, raise, 2559.

swift, adj., swift; weak, 2264.

swīge, adj., silent.

swīgra, compar., silenter, 980.

swīgian, w. v., be silent; pret. sg. swīgode, 2897, pl. swīgedon, 1699.

swilce, see swylce.

swimman, swymman, st. v., swim, 1624.

ofer-swimman, st. v., over-swim, swim over; pret. oferswam, 2367.

swīn, swȳn, st. neut., swine, image of a boar on a helmet, hence helmet, 1111, 1286.

swincan, st. v., swink, toil, 517.

swingan, st. v., swing, 2264.

swīn-līc, st. neut., swine-shape, image of a boar, 1453.

swioðol, st. m. neut.?, smoky glow, or the clear vapour just above the flame (?), 3145 (see note).

swīð, swȳð, adj., strong, severe; nom. swȳð, 191.

swīðra, compar., stronger; nom. fem. sīo swīðre hand, “the right hand,” 2098.

swīðan, st. and w. v.

ofer-swȳðan, st. and w. v., over-power, overcome, 279, 1768.
swīðe, swȳðe, adv., strongly, greatly, very, 597, 1926, 2170, 2187, etc.
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