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of living creatures,
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  • Se fisc forswylcð þone angel forð mid þám ǽse,

      Hml. Th. i. 216, 12.

  • Þe lǽs wulfas forswelgen (

    devorent

    ) míne sceáp,
      Coll. M. 20, 15.

  • Forswelgan

    lurcare,

      An. Ox. 3573.
fig.
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  • Forswelð

    devorat (os impiorum iniquitatem ),

      Kent. Gl. 719.
of inanimate objects.
material. v. swelgend
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  • Þá neólnessa þá eorþan willaþ forswelgan,

      Bl. H. 93, 13.

  • Wæterǽddrum forswelgendum

    cataractis vorantibus,

      An. Ox. 516.
non-material
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  • Þæt hé þurh mycele gnornunge ne sý on lyre forswolgen

    ne habundantiori tristitia absorbeatur,

      R. Ben. 51, 6.
denoting destructive action.
of material agents
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  • Blódig regn and fýren fundiaþ þás eorþan tó forswylgenne and tó forbærnenne,

      Bl. H. 93, 4.
of non-material agenes
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  • Se deáð hý forswylcð on écnesse

    mors depascet eos,

      Ps. Th. 48, 13.

  • Oððæt hí mid ealle deáð forswelge,

      Hml. S. 23, 326.
Etymology
[O. L. Ger. far-suelgan absorbere: O. H. Ger. fer-swelhan deglutire.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “for-swelgan.” 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/45995.

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