ge-swîcan, _to deceive, leave in the lurch_: pret. sg. gûð-bill ge-swâc nacod ät nîðe, 2585, 2682; w. dat. seó ecg ge-swâc þeódne ät þearfe (_the sword failed the prince in need_), 1525. swîð, swýð (Goth, swinþ-s), adj., _strong, mighty_: nom. sg. wäs þät ge-win tô swýð, 191.--Comp. nom. sg. sió swîðre hand (_the right hand_), 2099; _harsh_, 3086. swîðe, adv., _strongly, very, much_, 598, 998, 1093, 1744, 1927; swýðe, 2171, 2188. Compar. swîðor, _more, rather, more strongly_, 961, 1140, 1875, 2199--Comp. un-swîðe. ofer-swîðian, w. v., _to overcome, vanquish_, w. acc. of person: pres. sg. III. oferswýðeð, 279, 1769. swîð-ferhð, adj., (_fortis animo_), _strong-minded, bold, brave_: nom. sg. swýð-ferhð, 827; gen. sg. swîð-ferhðes, 909; nom. pl. swîð-ferhðe, 493; dat. pl. swîð-ferhðum, 173. swîð-hycgend, pres. part. (_strenue cogitans_), _bold-minded, brave in spirit_: nom. sg. swîð-hycgende, 920; nom. pl. swîð-hycgende, 1017. swîð-môd, adj., _strong-minded_: nom. sg., 1625. on-swîfan, st. v. w. acc., _to swing, turn, at_ or _against, elevate_: pret. sg. biorn (Beówulf) bord-rand on-swâf wið þam gryre-gieste, 2560. swîgian, w. v., _to be silent, keep silent_: pret. sg. lyt swîgode niwra spella (_kept little of the new tidings silent_), 2898; pl. swîgedon ealle, 1700. swîgor, adj., _silent, taciturn_: nom, sg. weak, þâ wäs swîgra secg ... on gylp-spræce gûð-ge-weorca, 981. swîn, swýn, st. n., _swine, boar_ (image on the helm): nom. sg. swýn, 1112; acc. sg. swîn, 1287. swîn-lîc, st. n., _swine-image_ or _body_: instr. pl. swîn-lîcum, 1454. swôgan, st. v., _to whistle, roar_: pres. part. swôgende lêg, 3146. swutol. See sweotol. swylc, swilc (Goth, swa-leik-s), demons, adj. = _talis, such, such a_; relative = _qualis, as, which_: nom. sg. swylc, 178, 1941, 2542, 2709; swylc ... swylc=talis ... qualis, 1329; acc. sg. swylc, 2799; eall ... swylc (_all ... which, as_), 72; ôðer swylc (_such another_, i.e. hand), 1584; on swylc (_on such things_), 997; dat. sg. gûð-fremmendra swylcum (_to such a battle-worker_, i.e. Beówulf), 299; gen. sg. swylces hwät (_some such_), 881; acc. pl. swylce, 2870; call swylce ... swylce, 3166; swylce twegen (_two such_), 1348; ealle þearfe swylce (_all needs that_), 1798; swylce hie ... findan meahton sigla searo-gimma (_such as they might find of jewels and cunning gems_), 1157; efne swylce mæla swylce (_at just such times as_), 1250; gen. pl. swylcra searo-nîða, 582; swylcra fela ... ær-gestreóna, 2232. swylce, adv., _as, as also, likewise, similarly_, 113, 293, 758, 831, 855, 908, 921, 1147, 1166, 1428, 1483, 2460, 2825; ge swylce (_and likewise_), 2259; swilce, 1153. swylt, st. m., _death_: nom. sg., 1256, 1437. swylt-däg, st. m., _death-day_: dat. sg. ær swylt-däge, 2799. swynsian, w. v., _to sound_: pret. sg. hlyn swynsode, 612. swyrd. See sweord. swýðl. See swîð. swýn. See swîn.