be-nemdon
þēodnas
mǣre (_as, [how?
Beowulf
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 . . .
be-nemdon þēodnas mǣre (_as, [how? ] the mighty
princes had deeply cursed it_), 3070; swā hē manna wæs wīgend weorðfullost
(_as he of men the worthiest warrior was_), 3099. c) _just as, the moment
when_: swā þæt blōd gesprang, 1668. d) _so that_: swā hē ne mihte nō (_so
that he might not. . . _), 1509; so, 2185, 2007. --3) = qui, quae, quod, German
so: worhte wlite-beorhtne wang swā wæter bebūgeð (_wrought the beauteous
plain which_ (acc. ) _water surrounds_), 93. --4) swā . . . swā = _so . . . as_,
595, 687-8, 3170; efne swā .
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 . . .
be-nemdon þēodnas mǣre (_as, [how? ] the mighty
princes had deeply cursed it_), 3070; swā hē manna wæs wīgend weorðfullost
(_as he of men the worthiest warrior was_), 3099. c) _just as, the moment
when_: swā þæt blōd gesprang, 1668. d) _so that_: swā hē ne mihte nō (_so
that he might not. . . _), 1509; so, 2185, 2007. --3) = qui, quae, quod, German
so: worhte wlite-beorhtne wang swā wæter bebūgeð (_wrought the beauteous
plain which_ (acc. ) _water surrounds_), 93. --4) swā . . . swā = _so . . . as_,
595, 687-8, 3170; efne swā .
