Swelgere

Old English Dictionary Entry

Swelgere

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: swelgend. swelgere

Definitions

1 swelgere

m. A glutton :-- Ic ne eom swá micel swelgere ðæt icealle cynn metta on ánre gereordinge etan mǽge non sum tam vorax, ut omnia genera ciborum in una refectione edere possim, Coll. Monast. Th. 34, 35. [O. H. Ger. swelgari glutto: Ger. schwelger.]

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚹᛖᛚᚷᛖᚱᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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