swelce

Etymology
Equivalent to.

Adverb

 * 1) also, likewise
 * 2) about (approximately)
 * 3) like, as
 * 4) expletive: like, as it were

Conjunction

 * 1) (with subjunctive) like
 * 2) * late 9th century, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans
 * "ang"
 * "ang"

- Man ġeseah swelċe sē heofon burne.


 * 1) * late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
 * "ang"

- Man ġeseah swelċe ān fȳren hring norðan cōme.


 * , "The Dedication of St. Michael's Church"
 * "ang"

- Þā līeġeta flugon swelċe fȳrena strǣla.


 * 1) (with subjunctive) as if
 * 2) * c. 992, Ælfric, "The Assumption of St. John the Apostle"
 * "ang"

- Drusiana þa ārās swilce of slǣpe āwreht, and, carfull be ðæs apostoles hæse, hām ġewende.


 * 1) * c. 992, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"
 * "ang"

- Hē ārās þā ġesund, swelċe of slǣpe āwreaht, and begann tō wundrienne hū hē wurde þæder ġebrōht.


 * 1) * c. 992, Ælfric, "The Assumption of St. John the Apostle"
 * "ang"

- Ða het se apostol ða bære settan, and cwæð, "Min Drihten, Hælend Crist! Arære ðe, Drusiana; aris, and ġecyrr hām, and gearca ús gereordunge on þinum hūse." Drusiana þa arás swilce of slæpe awreht, and, carfull be ðæs apostoles hæse, hām gewende.


 * 1) * c. 1005, Ælfric's Letter to Sigeweard
 * "ang"

- Hū mæġ sē mann wel faran þe his mōd āwent fram eallum þissum bōcum, and biþ him swā ānwille þæt him lēofre biþ þæt hē libbe ǣfre be his āgnum dihte āsċīred fram þissum, swelċe hē ne cunne Cristes ġesetnessa?