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siwian

(v.)
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to sew

Linked entries: be-siwian ge-siwed

be-siwian

(v.)
Grammar
be-siwian, p. ede; pp. ed

To sew together, to join ⬩ jungere

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To sew together, to join; jungere Besiwed feðergeweorc opus plumarium Cot. 145

be-siwian

(v.)

Similar entry: be-seowian

be-seowian

(v.)
Grammar
be-seowian, (-siwian)

to besew ⬩ sew up

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to besew (v. N. E. D. s. v. ), sew up Hí besywodon Crísantum mid þǽre hýde, Hml. S. 35, 159. Séc stáuas . . . beseowa hira . iii. on þon þe þú wile (sew them up in anything you please), Lch. ii. 306, 9. Bisiuuidi (-siudi) uuerci opere plumario, Txts.

Linked entry: be-siwian

siwen-íge

(adj.)
Grammar
siwen-íge, -ége ; adj.
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Blear-eyed Se biþ siweníge (-igge, Cot. MSS. ) se ðe his andgit biþ tó ðon beorhte scínende ðæt hé mæge ongietan sóðfæstnesse, gif hit ðonne áþístriaþ ða flǽsclícan weorc. On ðæs siwen-ígean (-iggean, Cott. MSS. ) eágum beóþ ða æpplas hále . . . Se

á-siwen

to strain.

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to strain

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