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a-wegan

  • verb [ strong ]
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a-wegan, p. -wæg, -wæh, pl. -wǽgon ; pp. -wegen ; v. trans.
to lift up, take or carry away; levare, auferre
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  • Hí á sibbe gelǽraþ, ða ǽr wonsǽlge awegen habbaþ

    they shall ever advise peace, which the unblest have before taken away,

    • Exon. 89 a ; Th. 334, 25
    • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 21
    • :
    • Homl. Th. i. 308, 17
    • .
to weigh out, weigh to any one; appendere
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  • Abraham ðá awæh feówer hund scillinga seolfres

    Abraham appendit quadringentos siclos argenti,

    • Gen. 23, 16
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  • Eálá gif míne synna and mín yrmþ wǽron awegene on ánre wǽgan

    utinam appenderentur peccata mea et calamitas in statera,

    • Job 6, 2 ; Thw. 167, 18
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v.  a-wæh a-weged a-wegen.
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