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bi-rinnan

  • verb [ strong ]
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bi-rinnan, p. -ran; pp. -runnen to run as a liquid, hence,-
To wet, bedew; fluere, perfundere, irrigare
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  • Ðá wearþ beám monig blódigum teárum birunnen, sæp wearþ to swáte

    then many a tree became bedewed with bloody tears, their sap became [turned to] blood,

      Exon. 25 a; Th. 72, 19-23; Cri. 1175-1177.
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v.  be-irnan.
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