Ge-swefian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-swefian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: ic -swefige; Related words:

Definitions

1 ge-swefian

p. ode; pp. od [swefan to sleep] To cause to sleep, cast asleep, lull, appease; sōpīre, sŏpōrāre :-- Ic geswefige sōpio, Ælfc. Gr. 30, 5; Som. 34, 57, MS. D. God geswefode ðone Adam God caused Adam to sleep, Homl. Th. i. 14, 20. Drihten on róde mid deáþe wæs geswefod the Lord was put to sleep by death on the cross, ii. 260, 18: i. 496, 12: Boutr. Scrd. 19, 37. Ic eom geswefod sŏpōrātus sum, Ps. Lamb. 3, 6. ge-swefian

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛋᚹᛖᚠᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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