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BLÁWAN

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
BLÁWAN, part. bláwende; ic bláwe, ðú bláwest, bláwst, blǽwest, blǽwst, he bláweþ, bláwþ, blǽweþ, bláwþ, pl. bláwaþ; p. bleów, bléw, pl. bleówon; pp. bláwen
Wright's OE grammar
§52; §120; §161; §264; §292; §517;
To BLOW, breathe; flare, sufflare.
v.
intrans
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  • Ge geseóþ súþan bláwan

    ye see the south [wind] blow,

      Lk. Bos. 12, 55.

  • Ic bláwe

    flo,

      Ælfc. Gr. 24; Som. 25, 41.

  • Wind wráðe bláweþ

    the wind fiercely blows,

      Bt. Met. Fox 7, 104; Met. 7, 52: Ps. Th. 147, 7.

  • Blǽwþ gást his and flówaþ wæteru

    flabit spiritus ejus et fluent aquæ,

      Ps. Lamb. 147, 18: Bt. Met. Fox 6, 15; Met. 6, 8.

  • Swógaþ windas, bláwaþ brecende, bearhtma mǽste

    winds shall howl, crashing blow, with the greatest of sounds,

      Exon. 21 b; Th. 59, 11; Cri. 951.

  • Se wind súþan bleów

    the wind blew from the south,

      Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 27.

  • Bleów he on hí

    he breathed on them,

      Jn. Bos. 20, 22.

  • Bleówon [MS. bleowun] windas

    flaverunt venti,

      Mt. Bos. 7, 25, 27.

  • Bláwen is on smiððan

    conflatur in conflatorio,

      Prov. 27.
v.
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  • Drihten háteþ héh-englas béman bláwan

    the Lord shall command the archangels to blow the trumpets,

      Cd. 227; Th. 302, 19; Sat. 602.

  • Englas bláwaþ býman

    angels shall blow the trumpets,

      Exon. 20 b; Th. 55, 10; Cri. 881.

  • Ne bláwe man býman befóran ðé

    let not a man blow a trumpet before thee,

      Mt. Bos. 6, 2.
Etymology
[Laym. blæwen, blauwen, blawen, blowen: Ger. blähen: M. H. Ger. blæjen: O. H. Ger. blájan: Lat. flo.]
Derived forms
DER. a-bláwan, for-, ge , to-: bláwennys: bláwere: bláwung.
Linked entries
v.  bláwung.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “BLÁWAN.” 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/4620.

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