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to twist, twine, curl
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  • Mid þráwingspinle synd áþráwene

    (antiae frontis) calomistro crispantur,

      An. Ox. 5329.
  • Gyldne styþa hié úton wreþedon and áþráwene ðár ingemong stódon,

      Angl. iv. 143, 100.
  • Þá áþráwenan goldþrǽdas

    torta aureafila,

      Wit. Voc. ii. 127, 19.
  • Áþráwenum þrǽcíum

    contortis,

      21, 18.
  • Áþráwenum

    tortis (crinibus ),

      An. Ox. 2, 34.
to twist, give a different direction to a moving body
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  • Seó flá wende ongeán swilce mid windes blǽde áðráwen.

      Hml. Th. i. 502, 19.
¶ for a proposed emendation to áþrowen in
    An. 1427
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