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a-ferscean

  • verb [ weak ]
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a-ferscean, [a, fersc fresh]
To freshen, to become fresh; salsuginem deponere
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  • Swá swá of ðære sǽ cymþ ðæt wæter innon ða eorþan and ðǽr afersceaþ

    thus from the sea the water enters into the earth and then becomes fresh,

    • Bt. 34, 6; Fox 140, 18
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