Swǽpa

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - swǽpa

According to the Old English Dictionary:

, swépa (-e, -o);

swǽpa
pl. Sweepings, in compounds (not inserted in proper place) :-- Ǽswǽpe (beánscalu) quisquiliarum, surculi minuti, Hpt. Gl. 420, 59. Áswépa peripsema, 504, 3. Geswǽpa peripsema, Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 68. Geswépa, geswǽpa (gen-, MS.), 95, 18. Geswépo, 76, 17. Bió hé gehealden for æscegeswáp pro purgamento favillae deputetur, Chart. Th. 318, 33. [O. H. Ger. á-sueipha purgamenta, quisquilias.] swæpa
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