Swátan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Swátan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: (swatan? v. Engl. Stud. viii. 479); Related words:

Definitions

1 swátan

pl. Beer :-- Swatan cervtsia, Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 62: ii. 17, 25. Áwyl on súrum swátum oþþe on súrum ealað. Lchdm. ii. 34, 15. [Jamieson gives swaits new ale or wort; but also swats new ale; the thin part of flummery.] swatan

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ᛋᚹᚪᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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