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Þ þ (thorn)
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trīen
v.
117 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) To separate out (the casualties of one side from those of the other on the battlefield), pick out; separate (sth. from sth. else); (b) to separate (the good or desired part of sth.) from the rest…
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