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transmeare [CL] 1 to cross (over), to pass across or through (also w. internal acc. or absol.); b (in fig. context); c (in gl.). transnavigare maria terrasque ~are Gildas EB 67; nam si fluvium quem equo et navi transire possum propono me non nisi navi transiturum et idcirco differo ~are quia navis abest Anselm (CurD I 9) II 63; certe diabolus potest per aera transvolare, mare ~are Hon. Spec. Eccl. 953C; omnem ~andi copiam sibi negatam vidit. resedit ergo supra ripam fluminis [Tyne] Hexham I 208; ut ‥ propter scientiam salutis et vite jam te transalpinare non oporteat aut maria ~are P. Blois Ep. 140. 416D; quam cito medium maris Hibernici cursum ~averant Gir. TH I 29. b hanc ‥ tenuem nostri libelli segetem litterarum pedibus ~antes B. V. Dunst. 1 p. 4. c transire, ~are, demigrare Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 172. 2 (of period of time) to pass. s837 transmeato anni unius circulo Æthelw. III 3.

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