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ge-þǽnan

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-þǽnan, p. de
To moisten
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  • Ádríg tó dúste, geþǽn mid hunige. Lch. ii. 144, 1.
  • Sóna wæs seald se regn, sé þe fullíce mihte þá eorðan wel geþǽnan

    repente pluvia tribuebatur, quae plene terram satiare potuisset,

      Gr. D. 210, 21.
  • Tó þám þurh þá tóflówennysse þæs streámes beón geþǽnede (-þén-,

    v. l.

    ) þá inngeþancas geleáffulra breósta, 94, 22 v. þán, and cf. ge-þawenian.
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v.  þǽnan.
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