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to deceive
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  • Beswícþ, áwǽgþ

    eludit, i. decipit

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 16.

  • Áwǽgde

    eluderet,

      29, 19.

  • Áwǽged

    fallitur (humanum judicium ),

      An. Ox. 1734.

  • Hé wæs áwǽged from þǽm tungulkræftgum,

    (inlusus)

      Mt. R. 2, 16.
to make of no effect,
to fail to perform
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  • Gif hé beswicen byð, ꝥ hé his behát áwǽgð,

      R. Ben. 102, 3: Hml. A. 34, 244.

  • Forgyldan ealle þá þing þe wé ofor his bebod gedydon oþþe þæs áwǽgdon þe wé dón sceoldan,

      Bl. H. 91, 17.

  • Áwǽgdon

    fefellisset (pollicita)

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      An. Ox. 2, 237.

  • Hí heora fulluhtes behát ðurh forgǽgednysse áwǽgdon,

      Hml. Th. ii. 338, 9.

  • Ne sceall nán mann áwǽgan ꝥ hé sylfwylles behǽt,

      Hml. S. 26, 269.
to invalidate, nullify
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  • Gif þú nelt hine tellan ... þonne áwǽgst (á-wǽst-wǽst,v. l. ) þú þone regol,

      Lch. iii. 264, 16.

  • Swilc man swé hit áwége,

      C. D. i. 297, 13.

  • Hú heó ána mihte ealle þá gewytan áwǽgan mid áðe,

      Hml. S. 2, 225.

  • Þonne wǽre seó rihtwisnys áwǽged, gif hé hí neádunge tó his ðeówte gebígde,

      Hml. Th. i. 112, 6.

  • Án stæf ne bið ne án strica áwǽged

    iota unum aut unus apex nan praeteribit,

      Thw. Hept. 159, 31.

  • Áwǽgune (-ede?) yrfebéc

    inritum testamentum,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 15.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “á-wǽgan.” 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/39280.

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