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Old English
Etymology
From æt- + windan.
Pronunciation
Verb
ætwindan
- (with dative) to escape
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Passion of the Apostles Peter and Paul"
Simon, ðaða he ðam folce ætwunden wæs, getígde ænne ormǽtne ryððan innan ðam geate þær Petrus inn hæfde, þæt he fǽrlice hine abítan sceolde.- Simon, when he had escaped from the people, tied a huge mastiff within the gate where Peter had his dwelling, that he might suddenly devour him.
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