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a-bregdan

  • verb [ strong ]
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a-bregdan, p. -brægd, pl. -brugdon; pp. -brogden
To move quickly, vibrate, remove, draw from, withdraw; vibrare, destringere, eximere, retra-here
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  • Ðe abregdan sceal deáþ sáwle ðíne

    death shall draw from thee thy soul,

    • Cd. 125; Th. 159, 22
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    • Gen. 2638
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  • Hwonne of heortan hunger oððe wulf sáwle and sorge abregde

    when from my heart hunger or wolf shall have torn both soul and sorrow,

    • 104; Th. 137, 22
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    • Gen. 2277
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  • Hine of gromra clommum abrugdon

    they drew him from the clutches of the furious,

    • 114; Th. 150, 4
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    • Gen. 2486
    • .
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