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tearflian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
tearflian, p. ode
To wallow, roll over
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  • On eorðan forgnyden fǽmende hé tearflode (terflede, teorflede, later MSS.)

    elisus in terram uolutabatur spumans,

    • Mk. Skt. 9, 20.
Etymology
[Cf. þe riȝt schul ryse to ryche reynyuge, Truyt and treget to helle schal terve,
  • L. H. R. 207, 311.
O. H. Ger. zerben (sih)
to turn.]
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