Lexicographical Neighbors of Swelchies
Literary usage of Swelchies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Corpus Poeticum Boreale: The Poetry of the Old Northern Tongue from the by Guðbrandur Vigfússon, Frederick York Powell (1883)
"... which is a variety of the well-known folk-tale ' How the sea became salt,"
localised fittingly enough in the Pentland firth, where the swelchies are ..."
2. Ultima Thule: Or, A Summer in Iceland by Richard Francis Burton (1875)
"... because at times storm-wind meets tide running some five to seven knots an
hour with " waws" and "swelchies," causing sore grief to many a gallant ship. ..."
3. Ultima Thule: Or, A Summer in Iceland by Richard Francis Burton (1875)
"... because at times storm-wind meets tide running some five to seven knots an
hour with " waws" and "swelchies," causing sore grief to many a gallant ship. ..."
4. Corpus Poeticvm Boreale: The Poetry of the Old Northern Tongue, from the by Guðbrandur Vigfússon, Frederick York Powell (1883)
"... localised fittingly enough in the Pentland firth, where the swelchies are ever
churning up the white foam. Our poem, which ends with the destruction of ..."
5. Corpus Poeticvm Boreale: The Poetry of the Old Northern Tongue, from the by Guðbrandur Vigfússon, Edda Sæmunder, Frederick York Powell (1883)
"... folk-tale ' How the sea became salt," localised fittingly enough in the Pentland
firth, where the swelchies are ever churning up the white foam. ..."
6. The Pirate by Walter Scott (1822)
"... through all the waws, wells, and swelchies of the Pentland Firth." " Enough,"
said Norna, " and now farewell, with such a blessing as I dare bestow—not ..."
7. Corpus Poeticum Boreale: The Poetry of the Old Northern Tongue from the by Guðbrandur Vigfússon, Frederick York Powell (1883)
"... which is a variety of the well-known folk-tale ' How the sea became salt,"
localised fittingly enough in the Pentland firth, where the swelchies are ..."
8. Ultima Thule: Or, A Summer in Iceland by Richard Francis Burton (1875)
"... because at times storm-wind meets tide running some five to seven knots an
hour with " waws" and "swelchies," causing sore grief to many a gallant ship. ..."
9. Ultima Thule: Or, A Summer in Iceland by Richard Francis Burton (1875)
"... because at times storm-wind meets tide running some five to seven knots an
hour with " waws" and "swelchies," causing sore grief to many a gallant ship. ..."
10. Corpus Poeticvm Boreale: The Poetry of the Old Northern Tongue, from the by Guðbrandur Vigfússon, Frederick York Powell (1883)
"... localised fittingly enough in the Pentland firth, where the swelchies are ever
churning up the white foam. Our poem, which ends with the destruction of ..."
11. Corpus Poeticvm Boreale: The Poetry of the Old Northern Tongue, from the by Guðbrandur Vigfússon, Edda Sæmunder, Frederick York Powell (1883)
"... folk-tale ' How the sea became salt," localised fittingly enough in the Pentland
firth, where the swelchies are ever churning up the white foam. ..."
12. The Pirate by Walter Scott (1822)
"... through all the waws, wells, and swelchies of the Pentland Firth." " Enough,"
said Norna, " and now farewell, with such a blessing as I dare bestow—not ..."
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