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æt-wíndan

  • verb [ strong ]
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æt-wíndan, l. æt-windan; p. -wand, pl. -wundon; pp. -wunden,
and add;
to escape from a person,
absolute
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  • Gif hé ætwinde,

      Ll. Th. i. 210, 12, 9.
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  • Þá ætwand him án preóst

    a priest escaped from them

    ,
      Hml. S. 19, 19.
  • Án sceáp him ætwunden wæs,

      Hml. Th. i. 340, l.
to escape, evade what is unpleasant,
absolute
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  • Se þe áfealð earfoðlíce hé ætwint (

    evadet

    ),
      Lch. iii. 150, 2, 4.
  • Ætwand

    evasit

    .
      An. Ox. 4392.
  • Þæt hé ætwindan móste

    that he migh' escape (unpleasant consequences' ),

      Hml. Th. i. 598, 28.
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  • Ðám (

    death

    ) ne ætwint nán eorðlic mann, HmL
      Th. ii. 232,22.
  • Hé ðám wítum ætwunde,

      Hml. S. 23, 118.
  • Ðám écum wítum ætwindan,

      16, 93: Hml. A. 34, 251.
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  • Þá þe middan-geard oferswíðdon and his yrmða ætwundon,

      Hml. Th. i. 84, 32. v. oþ-windan.
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