, _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.
Beowulf
swancor, adj.
, _slender, trim_: acc.
pl.
þrīo wicg swancor, 2176.
swan-rād, st.
f.
, _swan-road, sea_: acc.
sg.
ofer swan-rāde, 200.
and-swarian, w.
v.
, _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.
