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Þ þ (thorn)
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1.
arudden
v.
10 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) To rid (sb. of danger, an enemy), rescue, save; (b) to free (sb.), liberate (a city).
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bī̆sten
v.
5 quotations in 1 sense
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To buffet (sb.), pummel, flog, beat; also without obj., of waves: to dash, rage.
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hitten
v.
83 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To strike (sb. or sth.); strike a blow; deliver (blows);
hitten in
, cut into (sb. or sth.);
hitten on
, beat upon (sb. or sth.);
hitten on the hed of the nailes ende
, hit the nail on the head…
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