Swǽr-líc

According to the Old English Dictionary:

swǽr-líc

adj. Grievous :-- Benedictus mid swǽrlícum heófungum bemǽnde, ðæt his leorningcild ðæs óðres deáðes fægnian sceolde, Homl. Th. ii. 164, 9. [O. H. Ger. swár-líh gravis.] swær-lic