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turnian

  • verb [ weak ]
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turnian, p. ode.
to turn (intrans.), revolve round an axis or centre
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  • Ða árleásan turniaþ on ymbhwyrfte,

    • Homl. Th. i. 514, 23.

  • Seó firmamentum tyrnþ symle onbútan ús . . . and ealle ða steorran, ðe hyre on fæste synd, turniaþ onbútan mid hyre,

    • Lchdm. iii. 254, 16.

  • Hwylces gecyndes is seó heofon? Symle turniende(volubilis). Gif heó turniende (volubile ) is, húmeta ne fealð heó?,

    • Anglia vii. 12, 108-110.

  • Tyrnincg turniendre liðeran

    vertigo rotantis (volventis) fundibuli,

    • Hpt. Gl. 422, 66.
of giddiness, to turn
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  • Ad tornionem capitis. Þis ys se lácecræft be þan manne þat hym þing[þ] ꝥ hyt turnge ábótan hys heáfod,

    • Lchdm. iii. 90, 8.]
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v. tyrnan.
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v.  turnigend-líc.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “turnian.” 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/31175.

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