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ge-sweorcan

  • verb [ strong ]
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ge-sweorcan, he -swyrcþ; p. -swearc, pl. -swurcon; pp. -sworcen
To become dark, be darkened, saddened, angry
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  • Ródor eal geswearc

    the heavens all grew dark,

      Elen. Kmbl. 1709; El. 856: Beo. Th. 3583; B. 1789: Cd. 166; Th. 207, 4; Exod. 461.
  • Seó eorþe wæs gesworcen and aþýstrod under his fótum

    caligo sub pedibus ejus,

      Ps. Th. 17, 9.
  • Ðá geswearc se Godes man semninga and ongan heardlíce and bitterlíce wépan

    then suddenly the man of God become sad and began to weep sorely and bitterly;

    solutus est in lacrymis vir
      Dei, Bd. 4, 25; S. 600, 29: Exon. 77 a; Th. 290, 3; Wand. 59.
  • Geswearc ðá sweor

    the father-in-law then grew angry,

    67 a;
      Th. 247, 13; Jul. 78.
  • Cf. asweorcan.
Etymology
[O. Sax. gi-swerkan to become dark, literally and metaphorically as in English: O. H. Ger. ge-sworcen; part. p. turbulentus, nubilus.]
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