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of-torfian

  • verb [ weak ]
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of-torfian, to stone, to kill by casting stones or
similar missiles
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  • Hî ûs oftorfiaþ mid stánum

    lapidibus nos obruent,

      Ex. 8, 26.
  • Hí hine oftorfodon mid bánum and mid hrýðera heáfdum. Chr. 1012; Erl. 146, 18.
  • Hig wyllaþ mé oftorfian

    populus lapidabit me,

      Ex. 17, 4.
  • Mid stánum oftorfian lapidibus opprimere, Num. 14, 10:

    lapidare,

      Jn. Skt. 8, 5 : Homl. Th. i. 48, 2 : 196, 12.
  • Fela mid stánum oftorfod

    saxis contriti,

      Ors. 4, ii; Swt. 206, 15.
  • Hér wæs s s Stephanus oftorfod,

      Chr. 34; Erl. 6, 15: Ælfc. T. Grn. 9, 31.
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v. of-tyrfan.
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v.  of-tyrfan.
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