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staflan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
staflan, p. ode
To direct, dictate
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  • Se geréfa ðone áð him swór swá hé hyne sylf stafode

    the steward swore the oath to Abraham, as Abraham himself dictated it,

      Gen. 24, 9.
  • Abraham ðurh wítegunge stafode ðone að,

      Homl. Th. ii. 234, 34.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. stabén dirigere: Icel. stafa eið to dictate an oath to a person.]
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