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þurh-stician

  • verb [ weak ]
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to stick through, pierce, transfix
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  • Ðorhsticadun

    transfixerunt,

    • Jn. Skt. Lind. 19, 37.
Etymology
[Cf. Heo þuruhstihten Isboset adun into þe schere (percusserunt eum in inguine, 2 Sam. 4, 6), A. R. 272, 12.
O. Frs. thruch-steka
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O. H. Ger. durh-stehhan confodere, transfigere.
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