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á-þweán

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á-þweán, pp.-þwagen,-þwægen,-þwogen.
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to wash,cleanse an object from impurity
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  • Ic eów fram synnum áðweá,

      Hml. Th. i. 464, 17.

  • Gif ic ne áðoá ðé,

      Jn. L. 13, 8.

  • Se storm áðwyhð swá hwæt swá þæt fýr forswǽlð.

      Hml. Th. i. 618, 12.

  • Áþwehð,

      ii. 48, 29.

  • Áðweahð,

      56, 7.

  • Áðweað iów, ðæt gé sín clǽne,

      Past. 421, 14.

  • ꝥ hé hí mid fulluhte áðwóge,

      Hml. S. 5, 126.

  • Mid teárum ongann áðoá foet his . . . and mid smirinise áðuóh

    (rigare)

    (ungebat),

      Lk. L. 7, 38.

  • Áðoá (-ðwǽ, R.) foet

    lavare pedes,

      Jn. L. 13, 14.

  • Bið micel folc áðwægen hira scylda,

      Past. 105, 23.

  • Bið suíðe wel áðwægen sió wund,

      259, 25.

  • Mid fulluhte áþwagen (áðwogen, v.l.) fram his dǽdum,

      Hml. S. 27, 194.

  • Hé bið áðwogen fram his synnun,

      Hml. Th. i. 472, 5.

  • Hé hæfde hyra fét áþwogene,

      Jn. 13, 12: Hml. Th. ii. 260, 15.
to wash impurity from an object
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  • Hit ðá gedónan synna áweg áðwiehð,

      Past. 257, 21.

  • Ðæt sár áðwiehð synna of ðǽre sáule,

      259, 3.

  • Ðætte hié yfelu mid hreówsunga áðweán,

      413, 8.

  • Scylda of áðueán,

      73, 18.
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v.  on-þweán.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “á-þweán.” 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/39235.

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