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tó-beran

  • verb [ strong ]
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tó-beran, p. -bær, pl. -bǽron ; pp. -boren.
trans.
To carry off in different directions, carry off
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  • Hí tredaþ ðec and tergaþ, tðberaþ ðec blódgum lástum [

    thy body will be torn to pieces),

      Exon. Th. 119. 25; Gú. 260.

  • Ðæt sǽd ðe feóll be ðam wege . . . wegférende hit fortrǽdon, and fugelas tóbǽron

    (birds carried it off in all directions),

      Homl. Th. ii. 90, 15.

  • Létan hí his líchaman licgan bútan ðære ceastre and woldon ðæt hine fughs tóbǽron,

      Shrn. 32, 6.
  • Ealle ða líchoman ðe wildeór ábiton, oþþe fuglas tóbǽron, oþþe fixas tóslitan. Blickl. Homl. 95, 16.

  • Sýn his beam tóboren' wÍde

    may his children be scattered far and wide;

    commoti amoveantur filii ejus,
      Ps. Th. 108, 10. [As he me in
    his fete tobere, Chauc. H. of F. ii. 60.]
intrans.
To move in different directions, separate
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  • Sió wund wile tóberan gif hió ne biþ gewriðen

    the edges of the wound will get further apart, if the wound is not bound up,

      Past. 17; Swt. 123, 15. v. next world.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “tó-beran.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/30595.

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