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for-cwysan

  • verb [ weak ]
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for-cwysan, p. de; pp. ed
To shake violently; conquassāre
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  • He for-cwysde heáfda on eorþan manigra

    he shook violently the heads of many in the earth,

    • Ps. Spl. 109, 7.
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