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tó-dwínan

  • verb [ strong ]
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tó-dwínan, p. -dwán
To vanish away, to burst and vanish
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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.
Similar entries
v. dwínan, for-dwínan.
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v.  tó-þwínan dwínan.
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