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Old English Dictionary Entry

Swelan

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1 swelan

p. swæl, pl. swǽlon. I. to burn (intrans.), perish with heat :-- On fýrbaðe swelaþ sǽfiscas sundes getwǽfde, wǽgdeóra gehwylc wérig swelteþ, Exon. Th. 61, 19; Cri. 987. II. to burn (of a hot sensation) :-- Sió wund ongon, ðe him se eorðdraca ǽr geworhte, swelan and swellan, Beo. Th. 5419; B. 2713. [Cf. O.H. Ger. suilizo calor; suilizón calere, arere.]
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚹᛖᛚᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Beo.
Beowulf
Cri.
Christ (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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