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be-listnian

  • verb [ weak ]
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  • Se engel hine belisnode (ł geldede),

      Gr. D. 25, 30.
  • Geseah hé Godes engel hine belisnian

    angelo eunuchizari se vidit,

      26, 25: Chr. 1096; P. 232, 22.
  • Belisnud spado, Germ. 394, 197.

    Eunuchi,

    ꝥ synd belisnode,
      Hml. S. 2, 46: Lch. iii. 202, 34. ¶ In An. Ox. 4307 stupratur is glossed by wæs belisned.
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[O. H. Ger. pi-listinón derogare.]
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