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bíwan

  • verb [ uncertain ]
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Grammar
bíwan, (eó, ý)
to rub, polish.
Etymology
[
Iesu Crist bæweþþ follc off sinness, Orm. 19719.
To clennsenn and to bæwenn, 15153.
O. H. Ger. fer-bouuit confectus; ge-beuuit tritus.
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Similar entries
v. á-, ge-bíwan, and býwan in Dict.
Linked entries
v.  býwan ge-bíwan beówan.
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