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metsian

  • verb [ weak ]
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metsian, p. ode.
to feed
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  • Ðú metsast ús

    cibabis nos,

    • Ps. Spl. 79, 6.

  • Hé metsode hí

    cibavit illos,

    • 80, 15:

    nutriebat,

    • Hpt. Gl. 466, 28:

    saginaverit,

    • 493, 9.

  • Ðú ús geþafodest him tó metsianne swá swá sceáp,

    • Ps. Th. 43, 13
      • .
to furnish with provisions
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  • Heora ǽlc férde tó his castele and ðone mannoden and metsoden swá hig betst mihton

    each of them went to his castle and manned and provisioned it as well as ever they could,

    • Chr. 1087
      • ;
    • Erl. 224, 16.

  • Him man metsod

    they were furnished with provisions,

    • 1006
      • ;
    • Erl. 141, 11.
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v. ge-metsian.
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v.  ge-metsian metian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “metsian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/22765.

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