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a-byrgan

  • verb
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a-byrgan, -byrgean, -byrian
To taste; gustare
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  • We cýðaþ eów ðæt God ælmihtig cwæþ his ágenum múðe, ðæt nán man he mót abyrgean nánes cynes blódes. Ǽlc ðæra ðe abyrgþ blódes ofer Godes bebod sceal forwurþan on écenysse

    we tell you that God Almighty said by his own mouth, that no man may taste any kind of blood. Every one who tastes blood against God's command shall perish for ever,

    • Homl. intitul.

  • Her is hálwendlíc lár,

    • Bibl. Bodl. MSS. Junii 99, fol. 68
      • .

  • Se wulf for Gode ne dorste ðæs hæfdes abyrian

    the wolf durst not, for God, taste the head,

    • Homl. Brit. Mus. MSS. Cot. Julius, E. 7, fol. 203
      • ,
    • Bibl. Bodl. MSS. Bodley 343
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “a-byrgan.” 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/130.

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