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; I 3 f. add: -- Hú mihte Abraham beón clǽne, þ̵ hé nǽre forligr geteald, þá þá hé hæfde cyfese under his rihtwífe ? quomodo defenditur Abraham adulterii reus non esse, dum viventi legitima uxore sua conjunctus est ancillae suae ? f, Angl. vii. 46, 440. II I c. add :-- Lǽt reócan swíþe betweoh þá þeóh úp under þæt hrægl, Lch. ii. 332, I.
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; prep. adv. Under. I. with dat. (1) local, without motion to bring one object under another, (a) where one object has another vertically above it :-- Ða wæteru ðe wǽron under ðære fæstnisse, Gen. 1, 7. Under heofenum, 6, 17. Heó áléde ðone sunu under sumum treówe, 22, 15. Ic ge-eah ðé ðá ðú wǽre under ðam fíctreówe, Jn. Skt. 1, 48. (a 1) where one object is supported by another :-- Mearh under módegum, Elen. Kmbl. 2383; El. 1193. Ðæt scip wæs yrnende under segle, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 19, 34: Andr. Kmbl. 1009; An. 505. Wedera leód heard under helme, Beo. Th. 689; B. 342.
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