[swæs], adj., intimate, special, dear: acc. sg. swæsne êðel, [520]; nom. pl. swæse ge-sîðas, [29]; acc. pl. leóde swæse, [1869]; swæse ge-sîðas, [2041]; gen. pl. swæsra ge-sîða, [1935].
[swæs-lîce], adv., pleasantly, in a friendly manner, [3090].
[swebban], w. v., (to put to sleep), to kill: inf. ic hine sweorde swebban nelle, [680]; pres. sg. III. (absolutely) swefeð, [601].
â-swebban, to kill, slay: pret. part. nom. pl. sweordum â-swefede, [567].
[sweðrian], w. v., to lessen, diminish: inf. þät þät fyr ongan sweðrian, [2703]; pret. siððan Heremôdes hild sweðrode, [902].
[swefan], st. v.: 1) to sleep: pres. sg. III. swefeð, [1742]; inf. swefan, [119], [730], [1673]; pret. sg. swäf, [1801]; pl. swæfon, [704]; swæfun, [1281].—2) to sleep the death-sleep, die: pres. sg. III. swefeð, [1009], [2061], [2747]; pl. swefað, [2257], [2458].
[swegel], st. n., ether, clear sky: dat. sg. under swegle, [1079], [1198]; gen. sg. under swegles begong, [861], [1774].
[swegle], adj., bright, etherlike, clear: acc. pl. swegle searo-gimmas, [2750].
[swegel-wered], quasi pret. part., ether-clad: nom. sg. sunne swegl-wered, [607].
[swelgan], st. v., to swallow: pret. sg. w. instr. syn-snædum swealh (swallowed in great bites), [744]; object omitted, subj. pres. nymðe lîges fäðm swulge on swaðule, [783].