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a-fýsan

  • verb [ weak ]
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a-fýsan, p. de; pp. ed.
to hasten; festinare, tendere
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  • Feor afýsan and forþ gangan

    to hasten away and to go forward,

    • Byrht. Th. 131, 4
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    • By. 3
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to hasten away, impel, accelerate, incite, excite, make ready; incitare, accelerare, paraturn vel prornptum reddere
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  • Ðonne he afýsed biþ

    when he hastened away,

    • Exon. 653; Th. 241, 11
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    • Ph. 654
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  • To heofonum biþ mód afýsed

    to heaven is the spirit impelled,

    • 65 b; Th. 241, 17
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    • Ph. 657: 59 b
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    • Th. 217, 3
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    • Ph. 274
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    • Rood Kmbl. 247
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    • Kr. 125
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    • Exon, 119a; Th. 457, 22
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    • Hy. 4, 87
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  • Swá ǽr wæter fleówan, flódas afýsde

    as the waters flowed before, the excited floods,

    • 22 b; Th. 61, 17
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    • Cri. 986
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