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1.
bī̆sten
v.
5 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
To buffet (sb.), pummel, flog, beat; also without obj., of waves: to dash, rage.
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2.
stāver
n.
16 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) An upright bar in a rack for hay or fodder;
hacche staver
; (b) in place names [see Smith
PNElem.
2.141, 142].
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umbetrīn
adv.
1 quotation in 1 sense
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Round about, around; ?set around, placed around.
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