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Old English · noun

swefl

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/swefl/
[swevl]
Syllables
swefl (1 syllable)
Modern English
sulfurbrimstone

Meaning

  1. sulfur, brimstone

    c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Luke 17:29

    On the day that Lot went out of Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed them all.

Declension

Declension of swefl
Singular
Nominative swefl
Accusative swefl
Genitive swefles
Dative swefle

All forms (3)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sweblaz.

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