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strangian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
strangian, p. ode.
to grow strong, be strong, prevail, flourish
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  • Ic strangige oððe geðeó

    uigeo,

      Ælfc. Gr. 26, 2 ; Zup. 154, 14.
  • Strongaþ

    praevaluít,

      Ps. Surt. 51, 9.
  • Ic strongade wið him

    praevalui adversus eum,

      12, 5.
  • Word unrehtwísra strongadun (

    praevaluerunt

    ) ofer ús,
      64, 4.
  • Strangadan, swíðodon

    invalescebant,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 6.
  • Strangedon,

      46, 49.
  • [Þet eower heorte erȝian and eower feond strongian, O. E. Homl. i.
      13, 28.
  • O. H. Ger. strangén confortari.]
to make strong, confirm, comfort
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  • Staþelige man and strangle and trumme hí georne,

      L. I. P. 4; Th. ii. 308, 3.
  • Hé ðǽr wunode strangende hira heortan on geleáfan,

      Blickl. Homl. 249, 17.
Etymology
[Heo strangede þe walles, Laym. 4461.]
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v. ge-strangian; strangung.
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