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of actual motion,
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  • Hé ætbærst and hé ys geworden né tó wealdgengan,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 5.

  • Se here ætbærst,

      Chr. 992; P. 127, 17.

  • Uneáþe cwic ætberstende,

      Coll. M. 27, 3.
when person from whom or place from which is given,
dat.
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  • Hé heom ætbærst,

      Chr. 1052 ; P. 179, 21.
with adv. or prep.
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  • Sé ætbærst ðanon,

      Chr. 605 ; P. 23, 10.

  • Nǽre ꝥ hí on niht út ne ætburston of þǽre byrig,

      943; P. in, 17.
where direction, road, or manner of escape is given
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  • His geféran mid fleáme ætburston,

      Hml. Th. ii. 248, II. Þá
    menn up ætberstan intó þǽre byrig, Ll. Th. i. 286, 2.

  • Þá hé ne ætburste on wætere,

      Chr. 1050 ; P. 167, 34.
fig.
to escape, be free from the power of a person
(dat.)
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  • Ic ne mæg þám Almihtigan ætberstan on lífe oþþe on deáðe,

      Hml. S. 25, 100.
to escape, be safe from danger, evil, &c.
with dat.
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  • Ne mæg nán ætberstan þám gemǽnelican deáðe,

      Hml. A. 54, 105.

  • Sé þe wile synnum ætberstan,

      Scrd. 22, 43.
with acc.
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  • Hí ætberstaþ frecnyssa

    evadunt pericula,

      Coll. M. 25, l.
of things, to be lost to a person (dat. )
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  • Hit feoh him ætbyrst,

      Hml. S. 12, 85 : Wlfst. 142, 7.

  • Ne ætberst þám bydele his geswinces edleán,

      Hml. Th. ii. 534, 16.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “æt-berstan.” 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/38005.

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