Á-þráwan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - á-þráwan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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á-þráwan
Add: I. to twist, twine, curl :--Mid þráwingspinle synd áþráwene (antiae frontis) calomistro crispantur, An. Ox. 5329. Gyldne styþa hié úton wreþedon and áþráwene ðár ingemong stódon, Angl. itorta aureafila, Wit. Voc. ii. 127, 19. Áþráwenum þrǽcíum contortis, 21, 18. Áþráwenum tortis (crinibus), An. Ox. 2, 34. II. to twist, give a different direction to a moving body :--Seó flá wende ongeán swilce mid windes blǽde áðráwen. Hml. Th. i. 502, 19. ¶ for a proposed emendation to áþrowen in An. 1427 v. á-dreópan in Dict. a-þrawan

Related words: 143, 100. Þá áþráwenan goldþrǽdas

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