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a-scirpan

  • verb [ weak ]
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a-scirpan, a-scyrpan, a-scerpan, a-scearpan; p. te, tun; pp. ed
To sharpen; exacuere
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  • Swíðor ablendaþ ðæs módes eágan ðonne hí hí ascirpan

    they rather blind the eyes of the mind than sharpen them,

    • Bt. 34, 8; Fox 144, 34
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v. scerpan.
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v.  a-scearpan a-scerpan a-scyrpan.
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