Ge-swebban

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-swebban

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 ge-swebban

p. -swefde, -swefede: -sweflan; p. ode. Take here ge-sweflan in Dict., and add: I. of living things, to send to sleep, lull :-- Ðá drýmen hæfdon him mid twégen ormǽte dracan; ac se apostol þá dracan geswefode, Hml. Th. ii. 474, 7, Geswefed sopitus (somno), An. Ox. 4975. þá weardmenn wǽron ǽr geswefode, Hml. S. II, 200. Ia. of the sleep of death, to cause to die, deprive of life :-- Crist wæs mid deáðe geswefod on þǽre róde Christus in mice dormivit, Ang. vii. 22, 215. þis mǽden inne læg on deáðe geswefod. II. of things, to calm, quiet :-- Gelíþewǽhte, geswefede sopita, i. mitigata (incendia), An. Ox. 4031. ge-swebban

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛋᚹᛖᛒᛒᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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