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seárian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
seárian, p. ode
To grow sear, wither, pine away
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  • Eorþan indryhto ealdaþ and searaþ,

      Exon. Th. 311, 9; Seef. 89.
  • His leáf and his blǽda ne fealwiaþ ne ne seáriaþ

    folium ejus non decidet.

      Ps. Th. 1, 4,
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  • (Regulus)

    slápan ne mehte, óþ hé swá seárigende his líf forlét,
      Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 178, 24.
Etymology
[Prompt. Parv. seeryn̄ or dryyn̄ or welkyn̄, dryyn up areo, aresco: O. H. Ger. ar-sórén emarcescere; un-saorentlíh immarcescibilis.]
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v. á-, for-seárian.
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v.  seár.
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