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capian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Substitute: To look; úp capian to look up, lie on one's back
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  • Gyf seó sunne hine (

    the moon)

    onǽlð ufan, þonne stúpað hé, . . . gyf heó hine ontend neoðan, þonne capað hé úp; for þan þe hé went ǽfre þone hricg tó þǽre sunnan weard,
      Lch. iii. 266, 20-24.
  • Capiende

    supinus,

      Germ. 393, 172.
Etymology
[O. L. Ger. kapen: O. H. Ger. kapfén to look; úfchafta supinabat; Éfcafénder resupinus.]
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