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syn-rust

  • noun [ masculine ]
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syn-rust, es; m.
The foulness of sin
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  • Synrust þweán and ðæt wom ǽrran wunde hǽlan

    to wash away the foulness of sin and to heal the scar of the former wound,

    • Exon. Th. 81, 9;
    • Cri. 1321.
    [
    Cf. the line in the Cathemerinon of Prudentius, 'quod limat aegram pectoris rubiginem.' v. Mod. Lang. Notes, May, 1889. Cf. also synne rust peccati rubigo,
    • Scint. 4, 14.
    ]
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    v. Cf. syn-wund
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v.  rust.
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