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prician

  • verb [ weak ]
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  • Pricigende eáge út gelǽt teáras and sé þe pricaþ heortan forþbringð andgyt

    punguens oculum deducit lacrimas, et qui pungit cor profert sensum

    (Ecclus.
      22, 19), Scint. 188, 13.
intrans.
To produce a pricking sensation [used impersonally
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  • Hyt pricaþ innan þan sculdru and on þan hrigge swilce þǽr þornas on sý,

      Lch. iii. 120, 10.
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Etymology
[v. N. E. D. pritch.]
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v. ge-prician.
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