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á-feormian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Add: I. to cleanse an object from impurity (dat. or prep, fram, of)
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  • Þú áfeormast fram fúlum synnum þǽra heortan,

      Angl. xiii. 112, 3.

  • Ús fram sennum hí áfeormian (

    abluant

    ),
      Hy. S. 118, 23.

  • Ús áfeormigende

    nos abluendo

    ,
      52, 19.

  • Áfeormod seofonfealdlíce

    purgatum septaptum

    ,
      Ps. L. II, 7.

  • Horwum áfeormod

    sordibus ablutus

    ,
      Dóm. L. 156.

  • Heortan mid ymbsnidenysse áfeormode fram leahtrum,

      Hml. Th. i. 98, 14.

  • Ðá áfeormodan fram horwum

    expiatos sordibus

    ,
      Hy. S. 4, 22.

  • Wyrttruman of ðǽre rinde wel áfeormadne,

      Lch. i. 300, 18.
to clear of impurity from an object
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  • Ælcne gylt áfeorma (

    ablue

    ),
      Hy. S. 53, 30.

  • Horu þú áfeormige, 23, 21. ꝥ wé áfeormian (

    purgemus

    ) ꝥ werste,
      14, 15.

  • Áfeormudre yfelnysse

    expurgata malitia

    ,
      An. Ox. 40, 24.

  • Synna þe beóð þurh þæt fýr áfeormode,

      Hml. Th. ii. 590, 14.
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v. á-firman.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “á-feormian.” 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/38183.

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