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á-dwǽscan

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to extinguish fire, light (lit. or fig.)
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  • Ðæt wæter and seó eorþe eallunga ne ádwǽsceþ ðæt fýr,

      Bt. 33, 4; F. 130, 14.
  • Ðǽm gelícost ðe mon drýpe ǽnne eles dropan on án micel fýr, and þence hit mid ðǽm ádwǽscan; ðonne is wén, swá micle swíðor swá hé þencð ðæt hé hit ádwǽsce, ðæt hé hit swá micle swíðor ontýdre,

      Ors. 4, 7; S. 182, 25.
  • Sunne wearð ádwǽsced,

      Cri. 1133.
  • Móna biþ ádwǽsced,

      Bl. H. 93, 18: Angl. viii. 315, 38.
  • Ádwǽscedum

    extirpatis (fomitibus ),

      An. Ox. 1134.
to put an end to, put dawn, suppress a practice, doctrine, &c.
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  • Seó sunne ðá þeóstre ádwǽscþ,

      Bt. 4; F. 6, 33.
  • Swá swá wæter ádwǽscð fýr, swá ádwǽscð seó ælmysse synna,

      Hml. Th. ii. 106, 7.
  • Hié ádwǽscað ðá sibbe,

      Past. 359, 22.
  • Ðæt hé ðǽra gedwolmanna gedyrstignesse ádwǽscte,

      Hml. Th. i. 70, 7: Hml. S. 26, 13.
  • Hé heora goda offrunga ádwǽscte,

      15, 34.
  • Drýcræft ádwǽscan,

      14, 54: 23, 362: 37, 13.
  • Bodunge ádwǽscan,

      Hml. i. 586, 33.
to put down, suppress, destroy a person
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  • God ðá hǽðenan ðeóda ætforan heora gesihðum eallunga ádwǽscte,

      Hml. Th. i. 46, 20.
  • Ic beóde ðæt hé ðæne unrihtwísan tó rihte gebíge gyf hé mæge; gyf hé ne mæge, ðonne wille ic ðæt hé hine on earde ádwǽsce, oððe út of earde ádrǽfe,

      Cht. E. 230, 25.
  • Se preóst is ádwǽsced (

    he was killed by a fall

    ),
      Hml. Th. ii. 164, 8.
  • Ádwǽsced

    explodatur i. deleatur (draco ),

      An. Ox. 814.
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v. un-ádwǽsced.
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