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borian

  • verb [ weak ]
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trans.
to perforate
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  • Ic borige

    terebro,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 84, 64
    • : [
    • 24, 8
    • in Dict.].
  • Þurhþýnde, bori[gende]

    transver-berans,

    • An. Ox. 230.
to insert into a hole bored
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  • Borige man on þám beáme stór and finol,

    • Lch. i. 400, 19
    • .
intrans.
To bore into :
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  • Dó þú mid þínum fingre swilce þú borige inn on þíne hand,

    • Tech. ii. 123, 11.
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