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þweán

  • verb [ strongcontracted ]
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Grammar
þweán, p. þwóh, pl. þwógon; pp. þwagen, þwægen, þwegen, þwogen.
Wright's OE grammar
§70; §239; §263; §329; §509;
to wash.
Grammar
þweán, with object of that which is to be cleansed
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  • Petrus cwæð tó him: 'Ne þwyhst (ðuóas, Lind.: ðwǽs, Rush.) ðú nǽfre míne fét.' Se Hǽlend cwæþ: ' Gif ic ðé ne þweá (áðóa, Lind.: ðwǽ, Rush.), næfst ðú nánne dǽl myd mé,

    • Jn. Skt. 13, 8.

  • Ðú ðwehst (ðwés, Surt.) mé

    lavabis me,

    • Ps. Lamb. 50, 9.

  • Hé his handa ðwehþ (ðwéð, Surt.),

    • Ps. Th. 57. 9.

  • Ne þweáð (ðwés, Lind.: thuáð, Rush.) hí hyra handa,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 15, 2.

  • Gif ic þwóh (geðuóg, Lind.: ðwóg, Rush.) eówre fét,

    • Jn. Skt. 13, 14.

  • Ic þwóh (ðwóg, Surt.),

    • Ps. Th. 72, 11.

  • Ic in ða eá ástáh and of ðam wætere míne handa þwóh,

    • Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 502.

  • Hé hire fét mid his teárum þwóh,

    • 744.

  • Hé þwóh Aaron and his suna,

    • Lev. 8, 6.

  • Heó hí ðwóhg,

    • Bd. 3, 9
      • ;
    • S. 534, 13.

  • Ðæt sylfe wæter ðæt hí ða bán mid ðwógan,

    • 3, 11
      • ;
    • S. 535, 33.

  • Ðæt wæter wæs gedréfed, ðonne ðǽr micel folc hiera fét and honda on ðwógon,

    • Past. 16
      • ;
    • Swt. 105, 22.

  • Þwógan,

    • Blickl. Homl. 149, 6.

  • Þwógon,

    • Gen. 43, 24.

  • Þweah (ðuah, Lind.: þwah, Rush.) ðíne ansýne,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 6, 17.

  • Ne þweh ðú ná míne fét áne,

    • Jn. Skt. 13, 9.

  • Þweáð eówre fét,

    • Gen. 19, 2.

  • Ne beðearf búton ðæt man his fét þweá (áðóa, Lind.: ðwǽ, Rush.),

    • Jn. Skt. 13, 10.

  • Búton hí hyra handa þweán,

    • Mk. Skt. 7, 3.

  • Scealt ðú ðweán (geðóas, Lind.: ðú mé ðwoege, Rush.) míne fét,

    • Jn. Skt. 13, 6.

  • Heó wolde hig þweán æt ðam wætere,

    • Ex. 2, 5.

  • Hé underféhð ðæt fenn ðara ðweándra,

    • Past. 16
      • ;
    • Swt. 105, 24.
Grammar
þweán, with object of that which is to be cleansed away
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  • Mid hú micle elne ǽghwylc wille synrust þweán,

    • Exon. Th. 81, 9
      • ;
    • Cri. 1321.
to anoint.
Similar entries
v. þweál, II
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  • Ðuah heáfud ðín

    unge caput tuum,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 17.
Etymology
[
Goth. þwahan
:
O. Sax. thwahan
:
O. H. Ger. dwahan
:
Icel. þvá.
]
Similar entries
v. á-, be-, ge-þweán.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “þweán.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/32365.

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