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a-sceortian

  • verb [ weak ]
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a-sceortian, -scortian; p. ode; pp. od
To be short, to grow short, shorten, elapse, diminish, fail; breviare, effluere
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  • Ðæt wæter asceortode

    the water failed,

    • Gen. 21, 15
    • .
  • Ten þúsend geára ascortaþ

    ten thousand years will elapse,

    • Bt. 18, 3; Fox 66, 12
    • .
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