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ge-twǽman

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-twǽman, -twéman; p. de; pp. ed [twǽman]
to separate To cut off; separate, divide; sepărāre, sejungĕre, dīvĭdĕre
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  • Ic hine ne mihte ganges getwǽman

    I could not cut him off from his course,

    • Beo. Th. 1940
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    • B. 968
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    • L. N. P. L. 65
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 300, 28
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  • Ðá man getwǽmde ðæt ǽr wæs gemǽne Criste and cynincge

    then was separated what was before in common to Christ and the king,

    • L. Eth. ix. 38
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    • Th. i. 348, 20
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    • Wald. 88
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    • Vald. 2, 16
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  • Ne getwǽme nán mann ða ðe God gesomnode

    quod Deus conjunxit, hŏmo non sepăret,

    • Mt. Bos. 19, 6
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  • Beó ǽlc sacu getwǽmed

    let every strife be appeased,

    • L. Eth. v. 19
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    • Th. i. 308, 30
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  • Getwéman

    to alienate,

    • Basil admn. 4
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    • Norm. 40, 29, note p
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