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ge-wand

  • noun [ neuter ]
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ge-wand, es; n.
a turning aside, shrinking, hesitation
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  • Hé Godes þá gecorenan búton gewande getúcude eall swá hé wolde,

      Hml. S. 23, 15.
  • Hí búton gewande sóna in tó þám ciningce eódon, 142.
  • Ic eów bidde ꝥ gé búton gewande dón swá ic eów bebeode, 161.
fear of a person
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  • Þæt hý for ðǽre sceame and for gewande þára þe him on lóciað gebeterede sýn

    ut visi ab omnibus vel pro ipsa verecundia sua emendentur,

      R. Ben. 68, 18.
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v. wandian.
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