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stencan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
stencan, p. te
To scatter
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  • Se ðe ne somnaþ se stenceþ

    qui non congregat, spargit,

      Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 12, 30.
  • Ðú somnast ðǽr ðú ne strenctæs (stenctes?, sprenctæs?)

    congregas ubi non sparsisti,

      25, 24.
  • Ðú stenctest (swenctest?) ða elðeódgan folc and hý áwurpe

    afflixisti populos et expulisti eos,

      Ps. Th. 43, 3.
Etymology
[Goth. ga-staggkwan to dash: Icel. stökkva to cause to spring, sprinkle: Dan. stænke to sprinkle: Swed. stänka to sprinkle, scatter.]
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v. tó-stencan: stincan to spring.
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