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ge-hlencan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
ge-hlencan, pp. ed
To twist, bend (?)
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  • Gif men sió heáfodpanne beó gehlenced, álege þone man úpweard, dríf . ii. stacan æt þám eaxlum, lege þonne bred þweóres ofer þá fét, sleah bonne þriwa on mid slegebytle; hió gǽþ on riht sóna,

      Lch. ii. 342, 4 : 302, 29.
Etymology
[Cf. M. H. Ger. lenken to turn, bend.]
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