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þurh-sleán

  • verb [ strongcontracted ]
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to smite through, strike through (lit. and fig.)
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  • Hé his byrnsweord getýhþ and ðás world ealle þurhslyhþ,

    • Blickl. Homl. 109, 34.
  • Hire swiora næs þurhslagen,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 12, 235.
  • Ðá wearð heó mid micelre sárnysse ðurhslegen,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 30, 21.
to smite
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  • Ic ðerhslǽ ł hríno ðone hiorde

    percutiam pastorem,

    • Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 14, 27.
[
O. Frs. thruch-slá
:
O. H. Ger. durh-slahan percutere, pulsare.
]
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