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to carry off
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  • Hé hét delfan his byrgene and þæt greót út áwegan,

      Hml. Th. i. 74, 25.

  • Helias wæs mid cræte up áwegen,

      308, 16.

  • Upp áwegen

    evulsa,

      Gr. D. 213, 27.

  • Áwegen

    evectus, sublevatus,

      An. Ox. 1440.
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to put away, renounce (?):--
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  • Bútan heora hwilc wolde áwegan (-wǽgan?) v. áwǽgan his geleáfan,

      Hml. S. 35, 228.
to weigh.
to put in a balance (lit. or fig.)
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  • Hé áwecþ ealle dúna mid ánre handa,

      Hml. Th. i. 8, 30.

  • Hé áwæh ðín ríce on wǽgan,

      ii. 436, 12.

  • Gelícere wáge áwæh

    aequa bilance trutinabat,

      An. Ox. 4603.

  • Áwæg,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 4,

  • Áweh wiþ ǽnne pening,

      Lch. ii. 88, 5.

  • Oððe gemetan oððe getellan oððe áwegan,

      Ll. Th. i. 194, 8.

  • Sié áwegen

    expendatur,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 32.

  • Áwegen

    perpensa, librata,

      Germ. 394, 307.
to estimate, consider
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  • Mǽgenu hé áwyhð

    vires pensat,

      Scint. 10, 15.

  • Áweget

    appendit (corda ),

      Kent. Gl. 768.

  • Hig ǽrest ápinsiað wærlicum móde þá naman and þá bínaman ... Syððan hig þá word áginnað tó áweganne mid þam bíwordum,

      Angl. viii. 313, 4-7.
to be equal in weight to
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  • Se dinor áwehð

    decem nummos,

      Ælfc. G. Z, 285, 2.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “á-wegan.” 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/39299.

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