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wǽfan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
wǽfan, p. de
To wrap up, clothe
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  • Utan wǽfan nacode,

      Wulfst. 119, 6.
Etymology
[Goth. bi-waibjan to clothe. In later English the verb expresses motion Þe ivele gost weneð wide and wandreð (vadit, v. Mt. 12, 43), O. E. Homl. ii. 85, 33. Ich smet of Modred is hafd þat hit wond (wefde, 2nd MS.) a þene weld,
    Laym. 28049.
Þa cnihtes wefden up þa castles ȝæte, 19003. Cf. O. H. Ger. za-weiben dispergere; weibón fluere, fluitare, agitari: Icel. veifa to wave, vibrate.]
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v. be-, ymbe-wǽfen, and next word.
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