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swote
† swote Obs. Forms: 1, 3–5 swat, 3 (Lay.) swæt, sweot, 1, 3–5 swot, 4 (Ayenb.) zuot, 4–5 swote, swoot, soot, sot, 5 sote. β. north. 4–6, 8 swat, 6 swatt, Sc. swait. [Com. Teut. (wanting in Gothic): OE. swát str. n. = OS., OFris., LG. swêt, (M)Du. zweet, OHG., MHG. sweiȥ str. m. (G. schweiss), ON. sv...
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sote
sote obs. f. soot n.; var. soot a. (sweet), swote (sweat).
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swait
swair, swaird, swairm, swait obs. ff. swire, sward, swarm, swote.
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swoty
† ˈswoty, a. Obs. Also 3 swoti, swati. [OE. swátiᵹ sweaty, bloody = MLG. swêtich, early Flem. sweetigh, MHG. sweiȥec (G. schweissig), ON. sveitugr: see swote and -y1.] = sweaty 2.c 893 ælfred Oros. iii. ix. 124 Þa ongan he hine baðian þæron swa swatiᵹne. a 1225 Ancr. R. 104 Swoti [v.r. swati] hatere...
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embrowd
† emˈbrowd, emˈbrawd, v. Obs. Also 4–5 em-, enbroude(n, -brode(n, -brawde(n. [f. en- + browd v.; cf. OF. embrodé pple.; the str. pa. pple. embrawden, embroudin belongs formally to embraid v.2, but in sense to this word.] trans. To embroider.c 1340 Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 909 A lyȝtli vrysoun..Enbrawden & bo...
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swinkhede
† swinkhede Obs. rare—1. In 4 swinched. [f. swink + -hede, -head. For the formation cf. OE. (ᵹe)swincnis ‘tribulatio’.] A state of labour or toil.c 1315 Shoreham vii. 737 In swinched þou schalt þy lyf leade, And ete ine swote.
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soot
▪ I. soot, n.1 (sʊt) Forms: α. 1, 4 sot (2 soth), 4–6 sote, 5 swot, 6 swote; 1, 4– soot (1 sooth, 5 soeth), 5–7 soote. β. 6 sooute, sout(e, sowte, 7 sutt, 7, 9 sut; Sc. 6 suit, 6, 8– sute, 9 shute; 9 dial. seut, seeat. [OE. sót, = MDu. soet, zoet (Du. dial. zoet), NFris. sött, sutt, ON. and Icel. só...
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ribible
riˈbible Obs. exc. Hist. Forms: 4 rouwe-, row-, 5 ru-, ribible. [ad. OF. rubebe (see prec.); the ending may have been influenced by the musical terms trible, quadrible, quinible.] = ribibe n. 1.13.. Pol. Songs (Camden) 327 He..rat on the rouwe-bible and on other book no mo. c 1386 Chaucer Miller's T...
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swat
▪ I. swat, n.1 north. dial. and U.S. (swɒt) Also swot. [f. swat v.1 Cf. squat n.1] A smart or violent blow. Also, a heavy fall.a 1800 Pegge Suppl. Grose (MS.), Swat, a Blow. 1847 Halliwell, Swat..(4) A knock, or blow; a fall. North. 1894 Outing (U.S.) XXIV. 417/2 One ‘swat’ from his [sc. a bear's] m...
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sootness
† ˈsootness Obs. Forms: 1 suotnis(se, swotnysse, 3–4 swot-, 4 swote-, suotnesse; 4 sootnes. [f. soot a. + -ness.] The character or quality of being sweet; sweetness.c 1000 in Cockayne Shrine 16 Mycel swotnysse stænc. c 1000 Rituale Eccl. Dunelm. (Surtees) 88 In stencg svotnisses, in odore suavitatis...
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grure
† ˈgrure Obs. (-y-) [OE. gryre (= OS. gruri), f. grus-, wk. root of gréosan to frighten.] Fright, terror; something frightful, fearful agony.Beowulf (Z.) 1282 Wæs se gryre læssa. c 900 tr. Bæda's Hist. iv. xxvii[i]. (1890) 364 In ðæm tunum..þa ðe..oðrum on gryre wæron to neosienne. a 1000 Cædmon's E...
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