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ge-þynnian

  • verb [ weak ]
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to make or
to become thin (of a person)
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  • Hé ne oncneów hí ná, for þám heó wæs swíðe geþynnod,

      Hml. S. 33, 236.
to lessen, diminish, wither
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  • Smyre mid gáte geallan, ealle þá nebcorn hé áclǽnsað and ealne þone wom hé geðynnað,

      Lch. i. 348, 26.
  • Geþynngie

    marceat, extenuetur,

      Germ. 388, 76.
to weaken
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  • Geðynnade (

    adtenuati

    ) synd égan mín,
      Ps. Srt. ii. p. 185, 5.
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v. þynnian.
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