besweat

English

Etymology

From Middle English beswette, be-swet, bi-swæt, past participle of Middle English bisweten, besweten (“to sweat all over, cover with sweat”), from Old English beswǣtan (“to sweat over, toil”), equivalent to be- +‎ sweat.

Adjective

besweat (comparative more besweat, superlative most besweat)

1. (archaic) Covered with sweat.
   • 1928, Margaret Schlauch, Medieval Narrative, page 68:

     Besweat with blood, he was the bane
     Of three bold warriors keen […]