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a-bláwan
/abla:wan /*
Morphological Analysis
Wordclass: Verb
Verb Class: Strong
a-bláwan
; p. -bleów; pp. -bláwen To blow, breathe; flare, efflare :-- On ableów inspiravit. Gen. 2, 7. Út ablawan to breathe forth. Hexam. 4; Norm. 8, 20. Nǽfre mon ðæs hlúde býman abláweþ never does a man blow the trumpet so loudly, Exon. 117b; Th. 451, 27; Dóm. 110. God ðá geworhte mannan and ableów on his ansýne líflícne blǽd God then made man and blew into his face the breath of life, Hexam. 11; Norm. 18, 25.
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á-bláwan
. Add: I. to breathe (trans.) :-- Críst ábleów ðone Hálgan Gást upon ðá apostolas, Hml. Th. i. 324, 31. Ðæt léht. . . ðætte ðencum ðú ábleáwe illud lumen quod mentibus aspirasti, Rtl. 2, 15. II. to blow away :-- Sume cwǽdon ðæt ðæt heáfod sceolde ábláwan Herodiaden, swá ðæt heó férde mid windum geond ealle woruld, Hml. Th. i. 486, 5. III. to blow up, swell :-- Ðá mettas ðe ábláwan monnan mægen, Lch. ii. 254, 24. Tácn ábláwenre lifre, 160, 24. [Crist ableow þana halga gast ofer þa apostolas, O. E. Hml. i. 99. O. H.
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