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a-scúnian

  • verb [ weak ]
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a-scúnian, p. ode; pp. od; v. a. [a away, scúnian to shun] .
to avoid, shun, fly from; evitare, reprobare
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  • He mót þyllíc ascúnian

    he must shun the like,

    • L. C. S. 7; Th. i. 380, 9
    • :
    • L. Ed. 4; Th. i. 162, 6
    • .
to hate, detest; odisse, detestari
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  • Esau ascúnode Iacob

    oderat Esau Jacob,

    • Gen. 27, 41
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  • Ðá ascúnodon híg hine

    oderant eum,

    • Gen. 37, 4
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to accuse, reprove, convict; arguere
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  • Hwylc eówer ascúnaþ me for synne

    quis ex vobis arguet me de peccato?

    • Jn. Bos. 8, 46
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