Dolh-swæþ

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - dolh-swæþ

According to the Old English Dictionary:

dolh-swæþ
gen. -swæðes; pl. nom. acc. -swaðu, -swaðo; n: dolh-swaðu, e; f: -swaðo; indecl. f. [swæþ, swaðu a trace, vestige] A trace of a wound, a scar; cicatrīcis vestīgium, cĭcātrix :-- Dolhswæþ [MS. -swað] cĭcātrix, Ælfc. Gl. 85; Som. 73, 115; Wrt. Voc. 49, 22. Forrotodon gewemmede and híg sync dolhswaðu [dolcswaþu MS: dolhswaðo, Spl.] míne putruērunt et corruptæ sunt cicatrīces meæ, Ps. Lamb. 37, 6. Dolhswaðu cĭcātrix, Wrt. Voc. 85, 50. Ðæt seó þynneste dolhswaðo and seó læste ætýwde that the thinnest and the least scar was to be seen, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 19. dolh-swæþ
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