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swól

  • noun [ masculineneuter ]
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swól, es; m. (?), n. (?)
Heat, burning
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  • Suól

    chaumos,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 75.
  • Swól

    camos,

      17, 8: i. 288, 41.
  • Suóle

    caumati,

    ii.
      103, 31.
  • Swóle

    caumate,

      22, 21.
of the heat of fire
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  • Hé (

    the phenix

    ) somnaþ swóles láfe, gegædraþ bán gebrosnad æfter bǽlþræce,
      Exon. Th. 216, 16; Ph. 269.
  • Oa swóle byrneþ þurh fýres feng fugel mid neste,

      212, 23; Ph. 214.
of the sun's heat
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  • Hé swá swíþe swǽtte swá hé in swóle (

    caumate

    ) middes sumeres wǽre,
      Bd. 3, 19; S. 549, 30 MS. T.
of feverish heat
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  • Sió ungemetlíce hǽto ðæs miltes cymþ of feferes swólle,

      Lchdm. ii. 244, 6.
  • Hú se háta maga swól þrowaþ,

      160, 5: 194, 12.
Etymology
[Cf. Du. zwoel sultry.]
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v. swólig.
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