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swy

[ swahy ]

noun

, Australian.
  1. the game of two-up.


swy

/ swaɪ /

noun

  1. another name for two-up
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of swy1

From the German word zwei two
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Word History and Origins

Origin of swy1

C20: from German zwei two
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Example Sentences

Se wisa Augustinus spr�c ymbe �as r�dinge, and smeade hw� se halga cy�ere Stephanus cw�de ��t he gesawe mannes bearn standan �t Godes swy�ran, and nolde cwe�an Godes bearn; �onne �e is ge�uht wur�licor be Criste to cwe�enne Godes Bearn �onne mannes Bearn.

Hundfeald getel is fulfremed, and se �e forl�t �a ateorigendlican �ing for Godes naman, he underfeh� �a gastlican mede be hundfealdum �t Gode. �es cwyde belimp� swy�e to munuch�des mannum, �a �e for heofenan r�ces myrh�e forl�ta� f�der, and moder, and fl�sclice siblingas.

Drihten, �a�a he ��t unriht geseah, he worhte �ne swipe of r�pum, and h� ealle mid gebeate �t-ascynde. �eos todr�fednys getacnode �a toweardan toworpennysse �urh �one Romaniscan here, and se hryre gel�mp swy�ost �urh gyltas ��ra ealdor-biscopa �e, binnan �am temple wunigende, mid gehywedre halignysse ��s folces l�c underfengon, and ��ra manna ehton �e butan lace ��t tempel gesohton.

Lawrence then boldly cried, "I, in the name of my Lord, in no wise fear thy torments, which are transitory: cease thou not from what thou hast begun." �a wear� se casere mid swy�licere h�theortnysse geyrsod, and het �one halgan diacon mid leadenum swipum langlice swingan.

Nu is o�er cwyde be g�dum mannum sceortlice gecweden, "Se �e halig is, beo he gyt swy�or gehalgod." �is gelamp �am Fulluhtere Iohanne, se �e w�s halig �urh menigfealde geearnunga; and he w�s gyt swy�or gehalgod, �a�a he �urh so�f�stnysse bodunge becom to sigef�stum martyrdome.

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