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a-þweán

  • verb [ strongcontracted ]
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a-þweán, ic -þweá, -þweah, ðú -þweahst, -þwyhst, -þwehst, he -þwyhþ, -þwehþ, pl. -þweáþ ; p. -þwóh, pl. -þwógon; pp. -þwegen [a from, out; þweán = þweahan to wash]
To wash out, to wash, cleanse, baptize, anoint; abluere, lucre, lavare, baptizare, unguere
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  • Gif ðú aþweán wylt

    if thou wilt wash out,

    • Guthl. 5
    • ;
    • Gdwin. 32, 8
    • .
  • Aþweah me

    lava me,

    • Ps. Spl. 50, 3
    • .
  • Ðú aþweahst me

    lavabis me,

    • 50, 8
    • .
  • He þegnas mid ða hálgan wyllan fulluht-bæðes aþwóh

    milites sacrosancto fonte abluebat,

    • Bd. 4, 13; S. 582, 13 : 3, 7
    • ;
    • S. 529, 14 : 1, 7
    • ;
    • S. 478, 41
    • .
  • Wætere aþwegen and bebaðod

    lotus aqua,

    • 1, 27; S. 496, 17 : 4, 19
    • ;
    • S. 588, 9
    • .
  • Ðæt híg aþwegene wǽren

    ut baptizarentur,

    • Lk. Bos. 3, 12
    • .
  • Aþwóg

    unxit,

    • Jn. Lind. War. 12, 3
    • .
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v.  a-þwægen a-þwegen a-þwóh.
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