molsnian
- verb [ weak ]
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Sóna hé molsnaþ and wyrþ tó ðære ilcan eorþan ðe hé ǽr of gesceapen wæs
soon it (the body) suffers corruption, and turns to the same earth from which before it was made,
- Blickl. Homl. 21, 28.
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Ðonne hit (húsl) molsnaþ tó þicgenne
cum prae mucore percipi non potest,
- L. Ecg. P. iv. 48 ;
- Th. ii. 218, 8.
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Ðeáh mín líc scyle on moldærne molsnad weorþan,
- Exon. 64 a ;
- Th. 235, 29 ;
- Ph. 564.
Bosworth, Joseph. “molsnian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/23100.
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