tó-dwínan
- verb [ strong ]
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Seó eádiga fǽmne hál fram him gewænte and eall sticmǽlum tóðwán (-dwán ? but both þwíneþ and dwíneþ occur. Lchdm. i. 84, 25 : 82, 2) se draca út of ðan carcerne the dragon burst all in pieces and vanished from the prison (the Latin has: Crux crevit in ore draconis et in duas partes eum divisit. Cf. the later English version: His
(thedragon's)
bodi tobarst omidheppes,- Marh. 10, 22), Homl. Ass. 175, 200.
Bosworth, Joseph. “tó-dwínan.” 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/30655.
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