swerian, st. v., _to swear_: pret. w. acc. I. ne me swôr fela âða on unriht (_swore no false oaths_), 2739; he me âðas swôr, 472. for-swerian, w. instr., _to forswear, renounce (protect with magic formulæ?)_: pret. part. he sige-wæpnum for-sworen häfde, 805. swêg, st. m., _sound, noise, uproar_: nom. sg. swêg, 783; hearpan swêg, 89, 2459, 3024; sige-folca swêg, 645; sang and swêg, 1064; dat. sg. swêge, 1215.--Comp.: benc-, morgen-swêg. swêlan, w. v., _to burn_ (here of wounds): inf. swêlan, 2714. See swælan. sweart, adj., _swart, black, dark_: nom. sg. wudu-rêc sweart, 3146; dat. pl. sweartum nihtum, 167. sweoðol (cf. O.H.G. suedan, suethan = cremare; M.H.G. swadem = vapor; and Dietrich in Haupt V., 215), st. m.? n.?, _vapor, smoke, smoking flame_: dat. sg. ofer swioðole (MS. swic ðole), 3146. See swaðul. sweofot, st. m., _sleep_: dat. sg. on sweofote, 1582, 2296. sweoloð, st. m., _heat, fire, flame_: dat. sg. sweoloðe, 1116. Cf. O.H.G. suilizo, suilizunga = ardor, cauma. sweorcan, st. v., _to trouble, darken_. pres. sg. III. ne him inwit-sorh on sefan sweorceð (_darkens his soul_), 1738. for-sweorcan, _to grow dark_ or _dim_: pres. sg. III. eágena bearhtm for-siteð and for-sworceð, 1768. ge-sweorcan (intrans.), _to darken_: pret. sg. niht-helm ge-swearc, 1790. sweord, swurd, swyrd, st. n., _sword_: nom. sg. sweord, 1287, 1290, 1570, 1606, 1616, 1697; swurd, 891; acc. sg. sweord, 437, 673, 1559, 1664, 1809, 2253, 2500, etc.; swurd, 539, 1902; swyrd, 2611, 2988; instr. sg. sweorde, 561, 574, 680, 2493, 2881; gen. sg. sweordes, 1107, 2194, 2387; acc. pl. sweord, 2639; nom. pl., 3049; instr. pl. sweordum, 567, 586, 885; gen. pl. sweorda, 1041, 2937, 2962.--Comp.: gûð-, mâððum-, wæg-sweord. sweord, st. f., _oath_: in comp. âð-sweord _(sword-oath_?), 2065. sweord-bealo, st. n., _sword-bale, death by the sword_: nom. sg., 1148. sweord-freca, w. m., _sword-warrior_: dat. sg. sweord-frecan, 1469. sweord-gifu, st. f., _sword-gift, giving of swords_: nom. sg. swyrd-gifu, 2885. sweotol, swutol, adj.: 1) _clear, bright_: nom. sg. swutol sang scôpes, 90.--2) _plain, manifest_: nom. sg. syndolh sweotol, 818; tâcen sweotol, 834; instr. sg. sweotolan tâcne, 141. sweóf, sweóp. See swâfan, swâpan. swið, st. n.? (O.N. swiði), _burning pain_: in comp. þryð-swið(?). swift, adj., _swift_: nom. sg. se swifta mearh, 2265. swimman, swymman, st. v., _to swim_: inf. swymman, 1625. ofer-swimman, w. acc., _to swim over_ or _through_: pret. sg. ofer-swam sioleða bigong (_swam over the sea_), 2368. swincan, st. v., _to struggle, labor, contend_: pret. pl. git on wäteres æht seofon niht swuncon, 517. ge-swing, st. n., _surge, eddy_: nom. sg. atol ýða geswing, 849. swingan, st. v., _to swing one's self, fly_: pres. sg. III. ne gôd hafoc geond säl swingeð, 2265. swîcan, st. v.: 1) _to deceive, leave in the lurch, abandon_: pret. sg. næfre hit (_the sword_) ät hilde ne swâc manna ængum, 1461.--2) _to escape_: subj. pret. bûtan his lîc swice, 967.