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ge-drípan

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Take here ge-drypan (l. ge-drýpan) in Dict., and add:
to cause to fall in drops
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  • Þæt Lazarus mid hys fingre hym gedrípte weteris on þá tungan,

      Solil. H. 67, 29.

  • Gyf þé gedrýptes wínes lyste, þonne dó þú mid þínum scytefingre . . . swycle þú tæppian wille, and wænd þínne scytefingre ádúne and twængc hine mid þínum twám fingrum, swylce þú of sumne dropan strícan wylle,

      Techm. ii. 125, 17.
to wet with drops, moisten
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  • Of gedrýpydre cláþ weocan

    linteolo ebrio (i. madido )

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      Germ. 391, col. 2, 18.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-drípan.” 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/47701.

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