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mǽnan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
mǽnan, p. de
Wright's OE grammar
§134; §530;
To tell of, relate, declare
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  • Ne wyrneþ word lofes, wísan mǽneþ mine for mengo (cf. O. Sax. thú fora thesaro thiod telis, mahtig ménis).

    • Exon. 105b
    • ;
    • Th. 401, 14
    • ;
    • Rä. 21, 11.
  • Hæleþ hý hospe mǽnaþ

    men speak of her contemptuously,

    • 90 a
    • ;
    • Th. 337, 17
    • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 66.
  • Secgas nemnaþ, mǽnaþ mid múþe meodugáles gedrinc,

    • 88 a
    • ;
    • Th. 330, 26
    • ;
    • Vy. 57.
  • Ðý læs ðæt weras gieddum mǽndan be mé lifgendum

    lest men should tell of it in songs during my lifetime,

    • 50 b
    • ;
    • Th. 176, 9
    • ;
    • Gú. 1206,
    Ic mæg singan and secgan, spell mǽnan, hú me cynegóde cystum dohten,
    • 85 b
    • ;
    • Th. 321, 32
    • ;
    • Wid. 55: Beo. Th. 2139
    • ;
    • B. 1067.
  • Ðǽr wæs Beówulfes mǽrþo mǽned

    there was told Beowulf's greatness,

    • 1718
    • ;
    • B. 857.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. ménian, gi-ménian to make known
:
O. H. Ger. meinian dicere: ga-meinian dicere, dicare, Grff. ii. 785, 788.
]
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  • mǽnan, v.