swefl
Old English
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editFrom Proto-Germanic *sweblaz.
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editswefl m
- sulfur, brimstone
- c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Luke 17:29
- On þām dæġe þe Lōþ ēode of Sodoma, hit riġnde fȳr and swefl of heofone and ealle forspilde.
- On the day that Lot went out of Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed them all.
- c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Luke 17:29