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a-weallan

  • verb [ strong ]
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a-weallan, ic -wealle, ðú -weallest, -wylst, he -wealleþ, -wealþ, -wylþ, pl. -weallaþ ; p. -weól, -weóll, pl. -weóllon ; pp. -weallen ; v. intrans.
To boil or bubble up, break forth, stream or gush forth, well out, flow forth, issue; ebullire, erumpere, emanare
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  • Swá ǽspringe út awealleþ of clife hárum

    so a water-spring wells out of a hoary cliff,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 5. 24
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    • Met. 5. 12
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    • Ps. Th. 103, 10
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    • Ex. 8, 3
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    • Andr. Kmbl. 3045
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    • An. 1525
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  • Ða fruman aweallaþ Deorwentan streámes

    Deruentionis fluvii primordia erumpunt,

    • Bd. 4, 29; S. 607, 11
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  • Is ðæt eác sǽd, ðæt wylle aweólle

    fertur autem, quia fops ebullierit,

    • Bd. 5, 10; S. 625, 23
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    • Exon. 17 a; Th. 39, 20
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    • Cri. 625
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Derived forms
weallan
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v.  a-wellan a-weól a-wylþ.
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