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tó-sáwan

  • verb [ strong ]
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tó-sáwan, p. -seów
To sow broadcast, scatter seed; fig. to spread abroad, scatter, disperse,
of concrete objects
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  • Sume hí cwǽdon, ðæt se líchoma ðe ǽne biþ tó duste gewend and wíde tósáwon, ðæt hé nǽfre eft tógædere ne cóme,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 23, 376.

  • Of Noes sunum ys tósáwen (disseminatum) eall mancynn ofer eorðan,

    • Gen. 9, 19.

  • Is micel dǽl ðæs mancynnes gehwǽr wíde tósáwen,

    • Homl. Ass. 69, 94.
of abstract objects, to disseminate opinions, distribute favours, sow dissension
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  • Se manu ðe tósǽwþ ungeþwǽrnysse betwux cristenum mannum,

    • Homl. Th. i. 492, 14.

  • Swá weorðlíce wíde tósáweþ Dryhten his duguþe,

    • Exon. Th. 299, 31;
    • Crä. 110.

  • Tósáwaþ

    (labia sapientium) disseminabunt (scientiam, Prov. 15, 7),

    • Kent. Gl. 511.

  • Ða fyrmestan bydelas ðe Godes láre geond ðás land tóseówon,

    • Homl. Ass. 56, 143.

  • Seó leáse gesetnys ðe þurh gedwolmen wíde tósáwen is,

    • Homl. Th. i. 438, 1.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “tó-sáwan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/30822.

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