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á-swǽman

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á-swǽman, p. de.
Substitute;
to be grieved, confounded
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  • Ic ne áswǽme

    non erubescam,

      Ps. L. 24, 20.

  • Ic áswǽmde

    tabescebam;

    I was grieved (A.V.),

      118, 158 : 138, 21.

  • Ic ne sý áswǽmed

    non erubescam,

      24, 2.

  • Sé þe sceal áswǽman (or under II.?)sárigferð, wát his sincgiefan beheledne,

      Gú. 1326.
to wander away (cf.
Icel. sveima to wander about
)
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  • Ðá earman synfullan sceolon sáre áswǽman fram ansýne úres Drihtnes and fram wlite and fram wuldre heofena ríces,

      Wlfst. 185, 8. v.
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swǽman in Dict., á-swámian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “á-swǽman.” 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/39129.

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