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sweotol

  • adjective
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Grammar
sweotol, swutol, switol, swytol, sutol (-ul, -al, -el); adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§92; §94; §430; §639;
Plain, manifest, evident, clear, patent:?-Sweotul, gewis evidens, i. manifestus, patens, perspicuus, certum,
    Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 35. Sweotol evidens, 29, 51. Seotol, 107, 42.
of what may be clearly perceived by the senses,
by sight
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by hearing
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by taste
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manifest to observation, that may be noticed by all, public, open, patent
His nama wæs swutol geworden, Mk. Skt. 6, 14. Hit is on ús eallum swutol and gesýne, ðæt wé oftor brǽcan, ðonne wé béttan, Wulfst. 159, 5. Sweotol and geséne, Cd. Th. 170, 1; Gen. 2806. Hé wundra fela weorodum gecýððe sweotulra and gesýnra, Andr. Kmbl. 1129; An. 565. Swutelra, Menol. Fox 255; Men. 129. Sutelum publicis,
    Hpt. Gl. 525, 20.
clear to the understanding,
free from obscurity, plain, of proof, argument, indication, etc.
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Etymology
[Sutel (sotel, 2nd MS.) word a clear message, Laym. 1519. Bi Moisen is sutel and eðcene, A. R. 154, 22. Wass full sutell and full sene, þatt . . ., Orm. 18862.]
Similar entries
v. un-sweotol.
Linked entries
v.  seotol sutol swital switol swutol swytel ǽ-swutol a-sweotole.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “sweotol.” 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/29728.

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