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ge-þwǽnan

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-þwǽnan, p. de; pp. ed
To moisten, wet, soften; irrigare, emollire
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  • Gif þat wæter hí ne geþwǽnde

    if the water moisten it not,

      Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 7.
  • Ða adrugodan heortan geþwǽnan mid ðǽm flówendan ýðon [ýðum, MS. Cot.] his láre

    corda arentia doctrinæ fluentis irrigare,

      Past. 10, 1; Swt. 61, 19; Hat. MS. 14 a, 15: 18, 5; Swt. 137, 8; Hat. MS. 27 a, 12.
  • His lǽcas tiloden and ðone swile mid sealfum and mid beþenum geþwǽnan woldon

    curabant medici tumorem adpositis pigmentorum fomentis emollire,

      Bd. 4, 32; S. 611, 20.
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