As an
asseverative
= _so_: swā mē Higelāc sīe .
Beowulf
, _to answer_: pret.
sg.
him se yldesta and-swarode, 258;
so, 340.
swā: 1) demons, adv. , _so, in such a manner, thus_: swā sceal man dōn,
1173, 1535; swā þā driht-guman drēamum lifdon, 99; þæt ge-æfndon swā (_that
we thus accomplished_), 538; þǣr hīe meahton (i. e. feorh ealgian), 798; so,
20, 144, 189, 559, 763, 1104, 1472, 1770, 2058, 2145, 2178, 2991; swā
manlīce _(so like a man_), 1047; swā fela (_so many_), 164, 592; swā
dēorlīce dǣd (_so valiant a deed_), 585; hine swā gōdne (_him so good_),
347; on swā geongum feore (_in so youthful age_), 1844; ge-dēð him swā
ge-wealdene worolde dǣlas þæt . . . (_makes parts of the world so subject to
him that_. . . ), 1733. In comparisons = _ever, the_ (adv. ): mē þīn mōd-sefa
līcað leng swā wēl (_thy mind pleases me ever so well, the longer the
better_), 1855.
As an asseverative = _so_: swā mē Higelāc sīe . . . mōdes
blīðe (_so be Higelac gracious-minded to me! _), 435; swā þēah
(_nevertheless, however_), 973, 1930, 2879; swā þēh, 2968; hwæðre swā þēah
(_yet however_), 2443. --2): a) conj. , _as, so as_: oð þæt his byre mihte
eorlscipe efnan swā his ǣrfæder (_until his son might do noble deeds, as
his old father did_), 2623; eft swā ǣr (_again as before_), 643;--with
indic. : swā hē selfa bæd (_as he himself requested_), 29; swā hē oft dyde
(_as he often did_), 444; gǣð ā Wyrd swā hīo sceal, 455; swā guman
gefrungon, 667; so, 273, 352, 401, 561, 1049, 1056, 1059, 1135, 1232, 1235,
1239, 1253, 1382, etc. ;--with subj. : swā þīn sefa hwette _(as pleases thy
mind_, i. e. any way thou pleasest), 490. b) _as, as then, how_, 1143; swā
hīe ā wǣron . . . nȳd-gesteallan (_as they were ever comrades in need_),
882; swā hit dīope .
so, 340.
swā: 1) demons, adv. , _so, in such a manner, thus_: swā sceal man dōn,
1173, 1535; swā þā driht-guman drēamum lifdon, 99; þæt ge-æfndon swā (_that
we thus accomplished_), 538; þǣr hīe meahton (i. e. feorh ealgian), 798; so,
20, 144, 189, 559, 763, 1104, 1472, 1770, 2058, 2145, 2178, 2991; swā
manlīce _(so like a man_), 1047; swā fela (_so many_), 164, 592; swā
dēorlīce dǣd (_so valiant a deed_), 585; hine swā gōdne (_him so good_),
347; on swā geongum feore (_in so youthful age_), 1844; ge-dēð him swā
ge-wealdene worolde dǣlas þæt . . . (_makes parts of the world so subject to
him that_. . . ), 1733. In comparisons = _ever, the_ (adv. ): mē þīn mōd-sefa
līcað leng swā wēl (_thy mind pleases me ever so well, the longer the
better_), 1855.
As an asseverative = _so_: swā mē Higelāc sīe . . . mōdes
blīðe (_so be Higelac gracious-minded to me! _), 435; swā þēah
(_nevertheless, however_), 973, 1930, 2879; swā þēh, 2968; hwæðre swā þēah
(_yet however_), 2443. --2): a) conj. , _as, so as_: oð þæt his byre mihte
eorlscipe efnan swā his ǣrfæder (_until his son might do noble deeds, as
his old father did_), 2623; eft swā ǣr (_again as before_), 643;--with
indic. : swā hē selfa bæd (_as he himself requested_), 29; swā hē oft dyde
(_as he often did_), 444; gǣð ā Wyrd swā hīo sceal, 455; swā guman
gefrungon, 667; so, 273, 352, 401, 561, 1049, 1056, 1059, 1135, 1232, 1235,
1239, 1253, 1382, etc. ;--with subj. : swā þīn sefa hwette _(as pleases thy
mind_, i. e. any way thou pleasest), 490. b) _as, as then, how_, 1143; swā
hīe ā wǣron . . . nȳd-gesteallan (_as they were ever comrades in need_),
882; swā hit dīope .
