Swearrn

Old English Dictionary Entry

Swearrn

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

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1 swearrn

m. A swarm, crowd :-- Sue[a]rm examen, Wrt. Voc. ii. 107, 82. Swearrn, 32, 17: 144, 43 (examen has been omitted here by Wright, see Wülck. Gl. 230, 6) : Ælfc. Gr. 9, 12 ; Zup. 40, 14: examen, multitudo, Hpt. Gl. 457, 37 : 496, 14. [O. H. Ger. swaram, swarm; m. examen: Icel. svarmr; m. tumult: Swed. swärm; m. a swarm: Dan. sværm a swarm; rioting: Du. zwerm; m. a swarm, crowd.] swearrn

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ᛋᚹᛠᚱᚱᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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