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a-slítan

  • verb [ strong ]
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a-slítan, -slýtan ; p. -slát, pl. -sliton ; pp. -slyten, -sliten ; v. a. [a from, slítan to slit]
To cleave, rive, destroy, cut off; discindere, diruere, abscindere
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  • Aslát ða túnas ealle

    destroyed all the villages,

    • Bd. 3, 16; S. 542, 20
    • .
  • Mildheortnysse his aslýteþ of cneórysse on cynrine

    misericordiam suam abscindet a generation in generationem,

    • Ps. Spl. 76, 8
    • .
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v.  a-slýtan.
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