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nesan

  • verb [ strong ]
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nesan, p. næs; pl. nǽson; pp. nesen
To be saved from, to escape from
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  • Ðam ðe mid sceolon mereflód nesan

    those who are to be saved with you from the flood (the living creatures in the ark with Noah

    ),
    • Cd. Th. 81, 7
    • ;
    • Gen. 1341.
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v. ge-nesan.
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