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a-yrnan

  • verb [ strong ]
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a-yrnan, he -yrnþ ; p. -arn, pl. -urnon ; pp. -urnen [a out, yrnan to run]
To run over, to pass or go over, pass, go ; præterire, decurrere
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  • To náhte híg becumaþ swá swá a-yrnende wæter

    ad nihilum devenient tamquam aqua decurrens,

    • Ps. Lamb. 57, 8
    • .
  • Swá neáh wæs þúsend wintra a-urnen

    so near was a thousand winters gone,

    • Chr. 973; Th. 226, 5, col. 1
    • ;
    • Edg. 16
    • :
    • Cd. 79; Th. 98, 6
    • ;
    • Gen. 1626
    • .
  • A-urnenre tíde

    in or at a declining time, the time being far spent or gone.

  • A-urnen biþ

    is run out, passed,

    • Som.
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v.  a-urnen.
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