swelce

• swilċe, swylċe

Equivalent to swelċ +‎ e.

• IPA^(key): /ˈswel.t͡ʃe/, [ˈsweɫ.t͡ʃe]

swelċe

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

swelċe

1. (with subjunctive) like, as if

   Þonne weorold endaþ, þonne biþ hit swelċe hēo nǣfre nǣre.

   When the world ends, it will be like it never existed.

   • late 9th century, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans

     Man ġeseah swelċe sē heofon burne.

     It looked like the sky was on fire.

   • c. 992, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"

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

     Then he got up safe and sound, as if woken from sleep, and began to wonder how he got there.