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permundare

permundare [LL] , to make completely clean or tidy, to cleanse thoroughly: a (w. ref. to Matth. iii 12); b (from leprosy); c (fig.). a vetustus ille dierum tenens ventilabrum in manu sua, ~abit aream Beleth RDO 55. 61D; quando ventilabro ~abitur area Elmh. Cant. 208.  b et nobis apparuit tanquam transformatus / sic ad unguem faciem totam permundatus [leprosus] W. Cant. Mir. Thom. VI 164.  c de levibus ‥ peccatis ‥ purgatorii ignis ‥ baptismate ~emur Bede Luke 356B; inquinamenta ‥ subsequenti bonarum cogitationum et actuum permundet instantia Id. Mark 199; offerant ‥ conscientiam puram et ‥ ab omni nequitiae commixtione ~atam Id. Tab. 463; omnipotens Genitor, plasmat qui corpora cuncta / ac mentes hominum spinis permundat ademptis Æthelwulf Abb. 61; nosque ita permundet digni mereamur ut istum / ‥ / ‥ in ecclesiam transferre Wulf. Swith. I 874.

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