Swíðian
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - swíðian
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- swíðian
- p. ode. I. to be or become strong, to prevail:--Strangadan, swíðodon invalescebant, Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 6. Strangedon, swíþedon, 46, 49. Ne wæs ðæt tó wundrianne ðeáh ðe ðæs cyninges béne ðá hé mid Drihtne rícsade mid hine swíþode and genge wǽre nec mirandum preces regis illius iam cum Domino regnantis, multum valere apud eum, Bd. 3, 12; 8. 537, ig. II. to make firm, to fix:--Suíðigaþ figite, Wrt. Voc. ii. 108, 68. Swíþiaþ, 35, 60. under which for-swíðede is wrongly put); swíðan. swiðian