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on-swebban

  • verb
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Grammar
on-swebban, to put to sleep (but generally of the sleep of death), lay to rest (
in the grave)
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  • Onsuebbaþ

    sepeliant,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 44.
  • Onsuebdum

    sopitis,

      120, 73.
Etymology
[O. Sax. an-swebian: O. H. Ger. in-, int-sueppen sopire.]
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v. á-swebban.
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