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ræfnan

  • verb [ weak ]
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ræfnan, p. de.
Wright's OE grammar
§532;
to endure, suffer, undergo
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  • Ræfnde

    perpetitur,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 66, 66.
  • Ðeáh hé deáþes cwealm ræfnan sceolde,

      Exon. Th. 240, 24; Ph. 643.
to do, perform, accomplish, carry out
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  • Ða ðe ræfnaþ hér wordum and weorcum wuldorcyninges láre,

      149, 20; Gú. 764 : 139, 17; Gú. 594.
  • Neáh is Drihten eallum ðe his willan hér wyrceaþ georne and his hyge swylce elne ræfnaþ,

      Ps. Th. 144, 19.
  • Hié ðæt ófstum miclum ræfndon,

      Judth. Thw. 21, 9; Jud. l1.
  • Ræfn elne ðis, ðæt ðú nǽfre fǽcne weorð freónde ðínum,

      Exon. Th. 302, 3; Fä. 30.
  • v. á-ræfnan and cf. dreógan for the same two meanings.
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v.  a-rǽfnan.
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