Swólig

Old English Dictionary Entry

Swólig

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: (cf. dysig Related words:

Definitions

1 swólig

for the form), es; n. Burning, heat:--Swólig caumatio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 8. Hát lyft and swólga (sultriness?) bringaþ ádle on ðam milte, ðonne se mon wyrð tó swíþe forhǽt, Lchdm. ii. 244, 7. [In a late MS. of Ælfric's Grammar and Vocabulary, swoli, sweoli translate cauma, Zup. 33, 12 note, 306, 15 note.] swolig

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ᛋᚹᚩᛚᛁᚷ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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