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Þ þ (thorn)
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1.
ibien
v.
2 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To purchase (sth.); (b) to pay for (sth.), suffer for.
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bīen
v.
163 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) To purchase (sth.), acquire by purchase; buy (a slave, etc.);
bien raunsum
, pay for (the release of a prisoner);
bien ayen
, buy back, reclaim; (b)
bien bargain, bien of light chepe
, to buy (sth.)…
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