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a-swindan

  • verb [ strong ]
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a-swindan, p. -swand, pl. -swundon ; pp. -swunden [a away, swindan to languish]
To languish away, to enervate, pine, consume away, to decay, perish, dissolve; tabescere, torpescere, consumi
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  • Hwý ge swá aswundene sión

    why are ye so enervated?

    • Bt. 40, 4; Fox 238, 31
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  • Ðýlæs ealle gesceafta aswindaþ

    lest all creatures perish,

    • Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 34
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  • Aswindan me dyde anda mín

    tabescere me fecit zelus meus,

    • Ps. Spl. C. 118, 139: 111, 9: 106, 26
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  • Aswunden

    reses,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 9, 26; Som. 11, 11
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  • A-ýdlian oððe aswarcan oððe acwínan oððe aswindan ðú dydest swá swá ǽtterloppan oððe ryngan sáwle his

    tabescere fecisti sicut araneam animam ejus,

    • Ps. Lamb. 38, 12
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v.  a-suand a-suond a-swand a-swond a-swunden a-swundennes.
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