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a-ceorfan
/atʃeorvan /*
Morphological Analysis
Wordclass: Verb
Verb Class: Strong
Related §§ in Wright's OE Grammar:
a-ceorfan
; p. -cearf, pl. -cufon; pp. -corfen To cut off; abscidere, succidere, concidere :-- Of his ansýne ealle ic aceorfe, ða ðe him feóndas syndon concidam inimicos ejus a facie ipsius. Ps. Th. 88, 20.
Linked entries (variants, parts of a paradigm or derived forms):
a-cearfan
,
æ-ciorfan
,
.
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Possibly connected entries from the Supplement:

á-ceorfan
. Add: To cut away, cut down a tree :-- Ic of áceorfe abscido, Ælfc. Gr. 172, 2: amputo, 277, 7. Wé scylda mid láre anweg áceorfað, Past. 167, 7. Ácearf abscindet, Ps. Spl. C. 76, 8. Hé his eáre of ácearf (amputavit), Mk. 14, 47. Se engel him ðá cennendan leomu of ácearf, Gr. D. 26, 27. Ðæt hé ealle ðá geþóhtas of his móde ne áceorfe, Past. 139, 26. Ðæt him man heáfod of áceorfe, Bl. H. 189, 33. Gif mon áceorfe án treów, Ll. Th. i. 130, 2. Áceorfan fram ússe heortan unclǽne geþóhtas. Shrn. 47, 23.
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