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under-gán

  • verb [ anomalous ]
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to undermine, ruin
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  • Gif hwylcne man deóful tó ðam swýþe undergán hæbbe

    si diabolus hominem aliquem adeo perdiderit,

    • L. Ecg. P. iv. 14
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 208, 12.
  • Ne sý nán eorðcund cyning mid gítsunge tó ðæm swíþe undergán,

    • Lchdm. iii. 444, 3.
Etymology
[Ðis maidenes redden ... hu he migten undergon ( deceive ) here fader,
  • Gen. and Ex. 1147.
]
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  • under-gán, v.