asundrian

Old English

Etymology

Equivalent to ā- +‎ sundrian.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑːˈsun.dri.ɑn/

Verb

āsundrian

  1. to separate
    • c. 1000, Ælfric of Eynsham (tr.), Hexameron of St. Basil:
      On ðām ðriddan dæġe ūre drihten ġegaderode ðā sǣlīċan ȳða fram ðǣre eorðan brādnysse. Sēo eorðe wæs æt fruman eall unġesewenlīċ forðām ðe hēo eall wæs mid ȳðum oferðeht, ac God hī āsyndrode fram ðām sǣlīċum ȳðum on hyre āgenne stede.
      On the third day, our Lord gathered the waves of the sea from the surface of the earth. At first the ground was invisible because it was all covered with waves, but God separated it from the waves of the sea into its own place.
  2. to disjoin
  3. to sunder, put asunder
  4. to sever

Conjugation

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