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bláwan

  • verb
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Wright's OE grammar
§52; §120; §161; §264; §292; §517;
Dele first passage, and add :
intrans.
of the wind
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  • Se wind hæfð mistlice naman on bócum; ðanon þe hé blǽwð him byð nama gesett,

    • Lch. iii. 274, 12
    • .
  • Súþan bláwan

    to blow from the south,

    • Lk. 12, 55
    • .
of living creatures,
to blow, breathe
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  • Swá hwæt swá seó nǽddre gesihð, heó tó blǽwð and onǽleþ,

    • Lch. i. 242, 21
    • .
  • Bleów

    ructabat,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 1
    • .
  • Þæs þe hé on mínne andwlitan bleóu (bleów, bléw, v. ll.)

    exsufflante illo in faciem meam,

    • Bd. 5, 6
    • ;
    • Sch. 581, 3.
to breathe hard, snort, pant :--
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  • Ðæt hors ongan bláwan and gremetian ungemetlíce

    (immenso flatu et fremitu),

    • Gr. D. 183, 11.
to blow, make a sound with a trumpet :--
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  • Swíðlíce bleówan seofon sácerdas mid sylfrenum býmum,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 212, 29
    • :
    • Jos. 6, 13
    • .
  • Seofon sácerdas bláwon mid býmon

    (clangent buccinos),

    • 6, 4
    • .
of things,
to emit air
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  • Bláwendra byliga

    flantium follium,

    • Coll. M. 31, 7
    • .
to blow, sound (of a trumpet)
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  • Seó býme blǽwð,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 568, 24
    • .
  • Bláwendre

    clangenti sistro, sonanti tubae,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 49
    • .
  • Þǽr com egeslic swég and bláwende býman,

    • Hml. Th. i. 312, 12
    • .
of fire,
to flame, blaze. v. blǽd. V. blǽst flame
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  • Ðonne fýren líg bláweð (-að, MS.) and braslað reád and réðe

    ignea tanc sonitus perfundet flamma feroces,

    • Dóm. L. 151.
trans.
to drive by blowing
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  • Bláw mid hreóde ꝥ seáw on ꝥ dolh . . . bláw þá sealfe on þá dolh,

    • Lch. ii. 332, 2, 11
    • .
to cause to sound by blowing, blow a horn, trumpet
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  • Þá bleów man míne býman,

    • Nar. 13, 4
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  • Hé náwðer ne hrýme, ne hé horn ne bláwe,

    • Ll. Th. i. 42, 24
    • .
to flll with air, inflate
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  • Þá bleówan wé þá kylla,

    • Hml. A. 205, 347
    • .
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v. be-, on-, wiþ-bláwan; þurh-bláwen.
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