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swelgend

  • noun [ masculinefeminine ]
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swelgend, e; f., but also es; m. n. A place which swallows up (lit. or fig.),
a very deep place, an abyss, a gulf, whirlpool
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  • Ðýlæs hí forswelge sió swelgend ðære upáhæfenesse

    ipso elationis suae barathro devorantur,

      Past. 57, 3; Swt. 439, 3.
  • Seó grundleáse swelgend (gítsunge)

    vorans rapacitas.

      Bt. 7, 4; Fox 22, 32.
  • Swelgend

    vorago,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 37: Kent. Gl. 449: Scint. 117, 9.
  • Sweliend

    barathrum,

      Hpt. Gl. 529, 26.
  • Swyliendes

    voraginis,

      421, 31.
  • Swelgendes, Anglia xiii. 28, 23.
  • Swel-gendi

    voragine

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 124, 14.
  • West tó ðære swelgende; ðonne fram ðære swelgende,

      Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 281, 29.
  • Tó swelgende; ðanne fram swelgende, ii. 73, 27.
  • Andlang bróces on ðæt swelgend, iii. 460, 5.
  • Andlang streámes on ðone sweliend; of ðæm sweliende,

      464, 27.
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v. ge-swelgend.
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