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íðan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
íðan, p. de
To lay waste, desolate, destroy
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  • Ic ýðde eotena cyn and on ýðum slóg niceras nihtes,

    • Beo. Th. 846
    • ;
    • B. 421
    • .
  • Ýðde ðisne eardgeard ælda scyppend

    the creator of men laid waste this world,

    • Exon. 77 b
    • ;
    • Th. 291, 20
    • ;
    • Wand. 85
    • .
  • Ýðan,

    • 126 a
    • ;
    • Th. 484, 13
    • ;
    • Rä. 70, 7
    • .
  • Íðende

    depopulis,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 27
    • .
Etymology
[
Icel. eyða to lay waste, destroy, waste desolate
:
O. H. Ger. ódian desolare, Grff. i. 150
:
Ger. ver-öden.
]
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v. á-íðan.
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