Swát-cláþ

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - swát-cláþ

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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swát-cláþ
m. A handkerchief, towel, napkin; sudarium :-- Se apostol him ásende his swatcláð . . . Hé wearð álýsed swá hraðe swá se swátcláð hine hrepode, Homl. Th. ii. 414, 21-25. [cf. O.H. Ger. sweiz-túh sudarium, orarium: Ger. schweiss-tuch handkerchief: Icel. sveita-dúkr a napkin: Dan. svede-dug a handkerchief.]

Related words: swát-lln. swat-claþ

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