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blǽstan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
blǽstan, p. te.
to blow
[v.
N. E. D. blast
],
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v. á-blǽst.
to move impetuously, rush
[or is this a different verb blæstan? cf.
O. H. Ger. blesten descendere; ana-blesten, p. -blasta ingruere, inruere
:
ar-blesten erumpere; ana-blast (-blást?) impetus
]
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  • Forð blǽstan

    erumperant,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 23
    • .
  • Þá deófla þá blǽstan hié ofer þone hálgan Andreas (cf. the same scene in the poem : Hié wǽron reówe, rǽsdon on sóna gífrum grápum. An. 1336),

    • Bl. H. 243, 11
    • .
Etymology
[Cf. (?)
Mid. E. bluster,
v.
N. E. D. s. v.
]
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v. on-blǽstan in Dict.
Linked entries
v.  on-blǽstan.
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