For-sweorcan
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - for-sweorcan
According to the Old English Dictionary:
he -sworceþ;
- for-sweorcan
- p. -swearc, pl. -swurcon; pp. -sworcen [sweorcan to dim] To be very dark, to darken, obscure; calīgāre, obscūrāre :-- Eágena bearhtm forsiteþ and forsworceþ the brightness of the eyes diminishes and darkens, Beo. Th. 3538; B. 1767. Seó sunne biþ forsworcen sol obscūrābĭtur, Mt. Bos. 24, 29. On forsworcenan in obscūro, Pro