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swǽrness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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swǽrness, (swár-), e; f.
heaviness of a burden (lit. or fig.), weight, v. swǽr,
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  • Hwí settest ðú ðises folces swárnysse (

    pondus

    ) uppan mé?
      Num. 11, 11.

  • Ne mæg ic ána eówre swárnissa (

    pondus

    ) and eówre saca ácuman,
      Deut. 1, 12.
heaviness, want of readiness in moving, sluggishness, v. swǽr,
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  • Nán hæfignes ðæs líchoman ne nán unþeáw ne mæg eallunga átión of his móde ða rihtwísnesse . . . ðeáh sió swǽrnes ðæs líchoman and ða unþeáwas oft ábisegien ðæt mód mid ofergiotolnesse

    non omne mente depulit lumen obliviosam corpus invehens molem

    ,
      Bt. 35, 1; Fox 154, 31.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “swǽrness.” 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/29513.

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