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welwan

  • verb [ uncertain ]
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to seize
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  • Wyleþ

    (printed wylcþ; but see Lchdm. iii. 373, col. 1 under wylan, where also Cockayne notes that the Latin is captat, not raptat) captat (printed

    raptat),
      Germ. 389, 42.
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Etymology
[Goth. wilwan; p. walw to seize.]
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v.  wylcþ.
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  • welwan, v.