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Þ þ (thorn)
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1.
asterten
v.
60 quotations in 6 senses
Sense / Definition
to rush (at sb.); run away (into a safe place).
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2.
therne
n.
4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A young woman; a girl; (b) a female servant, handmaid.
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walten
v.
23 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To turn over, be overturned [quot. ?a1450, 1st]; also, turn (sb. or sth.) over, upend, invert;
fig.
turn (sth.) over in one’s mind, consider [1st quot.];
walten over
(b) to topple, fall in…
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