Old English Dictionary Entry

á-peówan

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

Definitions

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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

Similar Words

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᛈᛖᚩᚹᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

L.: Latin

Works & Authors

Bl.: Blickling Homilies
Gr.: Ælfric's Grammar
Hml.: Homilies (Ælfric or other)
Ors.: Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Ps.: Psalms (OE)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Voc.: Vocabulary
Wrt.: Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies

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