Middle English Dictionary Entry
sweðolen v.
Entry Info
Forms | sweðolen v. P. sweðolode. |
Etymology | Origin unknown; ?from OE *swe(o)ðol adj. (see EGSt.5.72 n.23). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To relent.
Associated quotations
- 1123 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)252 : Þæt wæs forþan þæt hit wæs don ðone pape to understanden þæt he hæfde under fangen ðone ær[c]ebiscoprice togeanes þa muneces of þe mynstre & togeanes rihte; Ac þæt ofer com Rome þet ofer cumeð eall weoruld þæt is gold & seolure; & se pape sweðolode & gaf him his pallium.