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DWÍNAN

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
DWÍNAN, ic dwíne, ðu dwínest, dwínst, he dwíneþ, dwínþ, pl. dwínaþ; p. dwán, pl. dwinon; pp. dwinen
Wright's OE grammar
§490;
To pine, fade, DWINDLE, waste away;tabescĕre
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  • Ðonne dwíneþ seó wamb sóna

    then soon will the belly dwindle,

    • Herb. 2,
    • 4;
    • Lchdm. i. 82,
    • 2.
  • Dwinon

    tabuĕrunt,

    • Cot. 190
    • .
Etymology
[
Wyc. dwyne, p. dwynede to pine, waste away:
Chauc. dwined, pp. wasted, shrunk:
Plat. dwinen to vanish:
Kil. dwijnen extenuāre, perīre:
Dan. tvine to weep, vanish:
Swed. twina to languish, pine away:
Icel. dvína, dvina to dwindle, pine away
.]
Derived forms
a-dwínan, for-, ge-
Linked entries
v.  a-dwínan tó-dwínan.
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