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á-bláwan

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to breathe (trans.)
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  • Críst ábleów ðone Hálgan Gást upon ðá apostolas,

      Hml. Th. i. 324, 31.
  • Ðæt léht. . . ðætte ðencum ðú ábleáwe

    illud lumen quod mentibus aspirasti

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      Rtl. 2, 15.
to blow away
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  • Sume cwǽdon ðæt ðæt heáfod sceolde ábláwan Herodiaden, swá ðæt heó férde mid windum geond ealle woruld,

      Hml. Th. i. 486, 5.
to blow up, swell
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  • Ðá mettas ðe ábláwan monnan mægen,

      Lch. ii. 254, 24.
  • Tácn ábláwenre lifre,

      160, 24.
Etymology
[Crist ableow þana halga gast ofer þa apostolas, O. E. Hml. i. 99. O. H. Ger. ar-blájan inflare.]
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