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sweddle
▪ I. sweddle, n. Obs. exc. dial. (ˈswɛd(ə)l) Forms: α. 1 suaeðil, suoeðel, sweþil, -el, 4–5 swethel, sueþel, (4 squeþel); β. 5 swedyll, 9 dial. sweddle. [OE. *sweþel:—*swaþil-, f. swaþ- in swaþian to swathe + instrumental suffix (-le). Cf. swaddle and swethe.] = swaddle n. 1.c 725 Corpus Gloss. (Hes... Oxford English Dictionary
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swethel
swethel var. sweddle. Oxford English Dictionary
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swedle
swedle obs. variant of sweddle v. Oxford English Dictionary
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sweel
▪ I. sweel, v. Sc. (swiːl) Forms: 6 sweil, 7 swill, 7–8 swyle, 8 swayl, 9 sweal, sweel. [Contracted f. sweddle v.] trans. To swaddle, swathe. Hence ˈsweeling vbl. n., attrib. in † sweilling clais, swaddling-clothes.1567 Gude & Godlie Ball. (S.T.S.) 50 The Sylk and Sandell the to eis, Ar hay, and sem... Oxford English Dictionary
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swaddle
▪ I. swaddle, n. (ˈswɒd(ə)l) Also 6 swathel(l, swathle, swadel, 7 swadle. [f. next. Cf. MDu. swadel and sweddle n.] 1. Swaddling-clothes: also fig. Now U.S.1538 Elyot, Crepundia..the fyrst apparayle of chyldren, as swathels, wastcotes, and such lyke. Ibid., Fascia, a swathell or swathynge bande. 160... Oxford English Dictionary
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swathe
▪ I. swathe, n.1 see swath1.▪ II. swathe, n.2 (sweɪð) Also 7–8 swaith, swath. [OE. *swæþ (?), swaþ-, only in dat. pl. swaþum; for related forms see swathe v., swethe, swaddle, sweddle.] 1. A band of linen, woollen, or other material in which something is enveloped; a wrapping; sometimes, a single fo... Oxford English Dictionary
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