p. -sweóp, pl. -sweópon; pp. -swápen [be, swápan to sweep] To clear up, persuade, cover over, clothe, protect; suadere, cooperire, amicire, munire :-- Gif hwylc Rǽdwolde on mód beswápe si gui Redualdo suadeat, Bd. 2, 12; S. 514, 3. Hí hí mid scýtan besweóp she covered herself over with a sheet, 3, 9; S. 534, 13. Beswápen [beswapyn MS.] leóhte swá swá of rægle amictus lumine sicut vestimento, Ps. Spl. C. 103, 2. Ðæt he bió wið ǽlce orsorgnesse beswápen that he shall be protected against every pleasure, Past. 14, 3; Hat. MS. 17 b, 21. be-swapan