Sweór-hnitu

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - sweór-hnitu

According to the Old English Dictionary:

sweór-hnitu
Dr. Bradley suggests that suernit is a mistake for suge hnitu (usiu in Isidore is uermis porci), and that a later glossarist taking suer- as = sweor- may have produced sweor-hnitu. sweor-hnitu
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