Ge-swelg

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-swelg

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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ge-swelg
n. A gulf, whirlpool, an abyss :-- Betwyx sandhriccan (and) geswelge swyliendes inter Scyllam et barathrum uoraginis, An. Ox. 635. Grutte, on geswelge in woraginem, 701. Geswelgum carybdibus, i. uoraginibus, 4620. ge-swelg
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