Swǽm

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swǽm

m. A trifler, vain, foolish person :-- Swǽm nugator, inutilis, vanus, Germ. 389, 32. Ic wylle ðæt Latona móder Apollinis and Diane fram mé gewíten, ðe Delo ákende, ðæs ðe ealde swǽmas gecýddon (as the foolish triflers of old declared), Anglia viii. 325, 29. Nú mæg hér manna gehwilc gehýran hwet ðás swǽmas wǽron ðe ure yldra[n] him tó gebǽdon now may every one hear in this account (of the gods) what these vain creatures were, that our forefathers prayed to, H. Z. xii. 408, 15. swæm