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wéman

  • verb [ weak ]
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wéman, p. de
To allure, attract, persuade, entice,
in a good sense
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  • Ða gesetednessa ðe tó hálgum mægenum wǽmaþ,

      Lchdm. iii. 440, 24.
  • Hine mon georne wéme ðæt hé wununge healde

    suadeatur ut stet,

      R. Ben. 109, 22.
  • Ðæt wé tó ǽlcan rihte ús sylfe wenian and wéman,

      Wulfst. 266, 6.
  • Hwǽr ic findan meahte ðone ðe mec fréfran wolde, wéman (wenian?

    q. v.

    ) mid wynnum,
      Exon. Th. 288, 10; Wand. 29.
in a bad sense
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  • Ða teolunga ðe hine fram Gode wémaþ,

      Homl. Th. ii. 288, 24.
  • Hí (

    devils

    ) duguðe beswícaþ and on teosu tyhtaþ tilra dǽda, wémaþ on willan, ðæt hý sécen frófre tó feóndum,
      Exon. Th. 362, 11; Wal. 35.
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v. ge-wéman.
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v.  wǽman.
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