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gnídan

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  • Ic gníde frico, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 11. Frico ic gníde, fricui ic gnád,

    frictum

    gegniden,
      Ælfc. Gr. Z. 137, 15.
to rub an object
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  • Hit biþ geornlic þæt mon heardlíce gníde þone hnescestan mealmstán, Ors. 4, 13; S. 212, 27. I a. to rub one object against another :-- Beóres tácen is þæt þú gníde þíne hand on þá óþre, Tech. ii. 125, 21. I b. to rub a surface with material, cover a surface by rubbing :-- Reóde gnídan

    fucare,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 49.
  • Hé hét hine mid sealte gnídan,

      Hml. S. 14, 46.
to rub material on a surface
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  • Hé gnád on ansýne þæs mannes ꝥ dúst . . . hé lange hwíle gnád,

      Gr. D. 216, 15.
Etymology
[v. N. E. D. gnide.]
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v. á-gnídan, be-gnídan.
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