For-swápan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - for-swápan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

for-swápan
p. -sweóp; pp. -swápen To sweep away; verrĕre, protrūdĕre :-- Hie wyrd forsweóp fate has swept them away, Beo. Th. 959; B. 477. Hafaþ us God forswapen on ðás sweartan mistas God has swept us into these dark mists, Cd. 21; Th. 25, 9; Gen. 391. Ealle wyrd forsweóp [MS. forsweof] míne mágas fate has swept away all my kinsmen, Beo. Th. 5621; B. 2814. [Cf. O. Sax. forswípan to sweep away.] for-swapan
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