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for-swelgan

  • verb [ strong ]
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for-swelgan, -sweolgan, he -swelgeþ, -swilgeþ, -swelhþ, pl. -swelgaþ; p. ic, he -swealh, -swealg, ðú -swulge, pl. -swulgon; subj. pres. -swelge, pl. -swelgen; p. -swulge, pl. -swulgen; pp. -swolgen, -swelgen [swelgan to swallow]
To swallow up, devour, absorb; devŏrāre, degluttīre, absorbēre
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  • Baru sond willaþ rén forswelgan

    the bare sand will swallow up the rain,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 7, 27
      • ;
    • Met. 7, 14: Exon. 35 a
      • ;
    • Th. 113, 30
      • ;
    • Gú. 164.

  • Wén is ðæt hí us wyllen forsweolgan

    forsĭtan deglūtissent nos,

    • Ps. Th. 123, 2.

  • Ic forswelge

    absorbeo,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 26, 2
      • ;
    • Som. 28, 51.

  • Hit eorþe forswelgeþ

    the earth swallows it up,

    • Ps. Th. 57, 6.

  • Forswilgeþ

    devours,

    • Exon. 113 a
      • ;
    • Th. 433, 22
      • ;
    • Rä. 50, 11.

  • He forswelhþ hig

    absorbet eos,

    • Ps. Lamb. 57, 10.

  • Ða ðe wudewena hús forswelgaþ

    qui devŏrant dŏmos vĭduārum,

    • Mk. Bos. 12, 40: Ps. Spl. 13, 8: Exon. 22 b
      • ;
    • Th. 62, 4
      • ;
    • Cri. 996.

  • Aarones gird forswealh ealle heora girda

    devŏrāvit virga Aaron virgas eōrum,

    • Ex. 7, 12: Cd. 119
      • ;
    • Th. 154, 17
      • ;
    • Gen. 2557: Ps. Th. 77, 50.

  • Seó eorþe forswealh Dathan and Abiron

    Dathan atque Abiron terra absorbuit,

    • Deut. 11, 6
      • ;
    • Ps. Spl. 105, 17.

  • Grendel leófes mannes líc forswealg

    Grendel devoured the beloved man's body,

    • Beo. Th. 4167
      • ;
    • B. 2080: Andr. Kmbl. 3179
      • ;
    • An. 1592.

  • Ðe ðú forswulge

    which thou hast swallowed up,

    • Cd. 43
      • ;
    • Th. 57, 34
      • ;
    • Gen. 938.

  • We forswulgon hine

    devŏrāvĭmus eum,

    • Ps. Spl. 34, 28: Ps. Lamb. 123, 3.

  • Ne me forswelge deóp

    lest the deep swallow me up,

    • Ps. Th. 68, 15.

  • Wǽnunga wæteru forswulgen us

    forsĭtan ăqua absorbuisset nos,

    • Ps. Lamb. 123, 4.

  • Eall wísdóm heora forswolgen is

    omnis săpientia eōrum devŏrāta est,

    • 106, 27.

  • Syndon hí æt stáne forswolgene

    absorpti sunt juxta petram,

    • Ps. Th. 140, 8.

  • Heó beóþ forswelgene

    they shall be swallowed up,

    • 57, 8.
Etymology
[
Ger. ver-schwelgen to waste in excess.
]
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v.  for-sweolgan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “for-swelgan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/11769.

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