Swaðrian

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - swaðrian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

swæðorian;

swaðrian
p ode To retreat, withdraw, subside :-- Geofon swaðrode . . . geótende gegrind grund eall forswealg, Andr. Kmbl. 3169; An. 1587. Hærn eft onwand . . . wædu swæðorodon, 1066; An. 533. Brimu swaþredon, ðæt ic sǽnæssas geseón mihte, Beo. Th. 1145; B. 570.

Related words: sweðrian. swaðrian

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