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alan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
alan, ic ale, ðú alest, alst, he aleþ, alþ, pl. alaþ; p. ól, pl. ólon; pp. alen.
Wright's OE grammar
§57; §508;
to nourish, grow, produce; alere, procreare
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  • Swylce eorþe ól

    as the earth nourished,

    • Exon. 94a; Th. 353, 35
    • ;
    • Reim. 23
    • .
to appear; apparere
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  • Ða ne alaþ

    which appear not;

    quæ non apparent,

    • Lk. Lind. War. 11, 44
    • .
[
Goth. alan; pp. alans crescere
:
O. Nrs. ala gignere, parere, procreare
:
Lat. alere
.]
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