(a) To perspire, sweat; also fig.; of something in the hand: become sweaty [quot. a1500(c1410)]; swelteren and ~; ~ bihinden, ?sweat down the back [transl. of L desuere prob. misunderstood as desudare]; ~ oute, exude sweat, perspire; ppl. swetinge, perspiring; (b) ppl. swetinge, promoting or inducing therapeutic sweating; swetinge oute; (c) to bleed, sweat blood [quot. c1400 may be an error for swet(e adj.]; also fig.; ~ of blod; ~ oute; (d) to exude (sweat, blood, blood and water, etc.); also fig.; ~ oute; maken to ~ blod, cause (sb.) to bleed; (e) of blood or other bodily fluid: to flow; of a wound: suppurate, ooze; ~ oute; (f) to drool; weep, cry; also, shed (a tear); (g) to exert oneself, labor [often difficult to distinguish from (a), to which some quots. may belong]; with inf.: exert oneself (to do sth.), labor (to do sth.); also, get (sth.) by hard work, work for; ~ and swinken, swinken and ~, etc.; ppl. swetinge as adj., of work: hard, laborious.

(a) To give off moisture; ~ ayen venim, exude moisture or liquid in the presence of a poison; (b) to form (moisture) on the surface; produce (nectar), exude (rosin, fluid) in drops; ~ oute, cause (a fluid) to drain from a tree; exude (oil); (c) to produce vapor, vaporize, distill; ~ oute, emit (a vapor); (d) ~ oute, to be separated (from a fluid).