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for-swælan

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for-swælan, l. -swǽlan,
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to injure or
destroy with heat.
of the action of fire,
to consume, burn up
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  • Fýr cymð and forswǽlð fela þinga on eorðan,

      Wlfst. 195, 26.

  • Þæt fýr slóh út of ðám ofne, and forswǽlde þá cwelleras,

      Hml. Th. i. 570, 16.

  • Forswǽlan

    cremare,

      An. Ox. 3086.

  • Heora bendas wurdon forswǽlede,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 8, 27: Hml. S. 7, 231.

  • Sume wǽron on líge forswǽlede,

      Hml. Th. i. 542, 27.
to scorch, pain or
damage with fire, singe hair
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  • 'Fýr byrnð on his gesihðe, and bið swíðlic storm.' Se storm áðwyhð swá hwæt swá þæt fýr forswǽlð,

      Hml. Th. i. 618, 12.

  • Se líg ne móste furðon heora fex forswǽlan,

      Hml. S. 16, 76.

  • Þæt heora fex næs furðon forswǽled

    quoniam capillus capitis eorum non esset adustus

    (Dan.
      3, 27), Ælfc. T. Grn. 8, 29.

  • Hylle on fýrum wé beóð for-swǽlede teartlícor

    Averni ignibus crememur acrius,

      Hy. S. 5, 15.
of the effect of the sun
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  • Sunne ne forswǽle þé

    sol non uret te,

      Ps. L. 120, 6.
of the effect of disease
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  • Hine gelæhte ádl; hís líchama barn wiðútan mid langsumere hǽtan, and hé eal innan forswǽled wæs,

      Hml. Th. i. 86, 5.
uncertain
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  • Forswǽld, forhǽþed

    exustus, i. spoliatus,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 34.
intrans. (?)
To flame, burn
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  • Forswǽlende

    combustos, i. flagrantes,

      An. Ox. 1434.
  • v. [v. N. E. D. for-sweal. un-forswǽled.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “for-swælan.” 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/45991.

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