á-peówan

Old English Dictionary Entry

á-peówan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: (v. þeówan), -þéwan, -þýwan, -þýgan, -þýn. Related words:

Definitions

1 á-peówan

I. to drive away, force away :--Þú út áþýdest (reppulisti) ús, Ps. L. 59, 3. Áþýgdest, 42, 2. Hé hié áweg áþéwde, Ors. 6, 36 ; S. 294, 2. Út áþýde egessit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 10. Út áþýdum depulsae. Ps. L. 61, 4. II. to press out, thrust out, squeeze out :--Hé of ðám geclystrum út áþýde lytelne dǽl wínes, Gr. D. 58, 19. Hí ne nihton ǽnigne eles wǽtan út áþýn, 250, 14. Út áþýde elisi, i. expressi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, II. Hí (the eyes) wǽron út áðýde (printed -dyde) of þám eáhhringum, Hml. S. 21, 279. III. to press into :--Swá hié on wexe wǽron áðýde, Bl. H. 205, I. a-peowan

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᛈᛖᚩᚹᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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