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a-sígan

  • verb [ strong ]
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a-sígan, p. -sáh, pl. -sigon ; pp. -sigen
To decline, go down, fall down; delabi, occidere
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  • Ðæt, mid ðam dynte, he nyðer asáh

    that, with the blow, he fell down,

    • Chr. 1012 ; Th. 268, 30, col. 1 ; 269, 28, col. 1 ; 269, 26, col. 2
    • .
  • Lǽt ðínne sefan healdan freán dómas, ða ðe hér men forlǽtaþ asígan

    let thy mind observe the Lord's decrees, which here men permit to decline,

    • Exon. 81, a; Th. 304, 24
    • ;
    • Fä. 75
    • .
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v.  a-sáh a-sigen.
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