Swearte

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - swearte

According to the Old English Dictionary:

swearte
ad :-- Sió gítsung swearte swǽfeþ onlíce ðam munte ðe monna bearn Etne hátaþ, Met. 8, 47 (v. swǽfan). Satanus swearte geþohte (cf. Milton's 'dark designs,' and v. sweart, III), ðæt hé wolde on heofonum héhseld wyrcan. Cd. Th. 287, 22 ; Sat. 371. Satanus swearte (miserably) þingaþ and ða atolan mid him wítum wérige, 292, 28 ; Sat. 447. Him ðæt swearte forgeald (made grievous compensation) Iudas innon helle, 301, 8; Sat. 578. swearte

Related words: Darkly, dismally, evilly

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