Swǽpels

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - swǽpels

According to the Old English Dictionary:

(

swǽpels
m.?); swǽpelse, an; f. A wrap, garment :-- Swǽpels amictus, Ps. Surt. 106, 3. Ða swǽpelsan amicula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 49. [Cf. Icel. sveipa to wrap, swaddle; sveipa a kerchief, hood: Dan. suøbelsebarn child in swaddling-clothes.]

Related words: swápan. swæpels

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