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spíwan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
spíwan, p. spáw, pl. spiwon.
Wright's OE grammar
§231; §264; §490;
to spew, vomit, spit up
with acc.
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  • Ðonne spíwaþ hié ðæt horh,

      Lchdm. ii. 194, 16.
  • Hé spáw blód,

      Homl. Skt. i. 12, 63.
  • Hé spáw his innoð út þurh his múð,

      Shrn. 66, 33.
  • Ðonne man ða cild cwalde, ðonne spiwon hí ða meoloc,

      33, 1.
  • Hit eft spíwende,

      Blickl. Homl. 57, 7.
with dat.
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  • On ða ádle ðe mon wormse spíweþ (cf. worms spíwende,

      208, 9), Lchdm. ii. 200, 22.
  • Ic blóde spáu

    vomebam sanguinem,

      Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 30.
  • Holm heolfrespáw,

      Cd. Th. 206, 9; Exod. 249.
without a case
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  • Stinge him gelóme on ða hracan, ðæt hé máge spíwan,

      Lchdm. ii. 62, 12.
  • Gelóme tó spíwanne,

      174, 21: 286, 20.
  • Ðá gebrǽd hé hine seócne, and ongan hine brecan tó spíwenne,

      Chr. 1003; Erl. 139, 9.
to spit
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  • Geót ðæt blód on yrnende wæter, spíw þríwa æfter,

      Lchdm. ii. 76, 15.
  • Ðonne is cynn, ðæt him spíwe ðæt wíf on ðæt nebb,

      Past. 5; Swt. 45, 2.
Etymology
[Goth. speiwan to spit: O. Sax. spíwan: O. Frs. spíga, spía: O. H. Ger. spíwan vomere, spuere: Icel. spýja.]
Similar entries
v. á-spíwan.
Linked entries
v.  spiwian.
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