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tíþian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
tíþian, tigþian; p. ode
Wright's OE grammar
§321;
To grant, concede,
with gen. of that which is granted
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  • Bed Beorn ðæt hé sceolde faran mid him tó ðam cynge . . . and hé ðæs tíðode,

    • Chr. 1046;
    • Erl. 174, 10.

  • Treówe and hyldo tíðiaþ mé,

    • Cd. Th. 152, 7;
    • Gen. 2516.

  • Ðæt preósta gehwilc fulluhtes tíðige, sóna swá man his girne,

    • L. Edg. C. 15;
    • Th. ii. 246, 25.

  • Nolde gé mé wǽda tíþian,

    • Wulfst. 288, 33.

  • Hit is swíðe geleáflíc, ðæt hé hyre myceles ðinges tíðian wylle,

    • Homl. Th. i. 454, 2
      • :
    • Gen. 18, 3.

  • Hé náteshwón hire ðæs tíðian nolde

    dui nequaquam acquiescens operi nefario,

    • 39, 8.

  • Ne hine mon on óðre wísan his béne týþigean (tygþian, M. 220, 26) wolde

    neque aliter quod petebat impetrare potuit,

    • Bd. 3, 21;
    • S. 550, 43.
with acc. (?) the case is probably determined by the Latin
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  • Se him fultum tíþaþ

    qui eis adjutorium prestitit,

    • Anglia xiii. 391, 366.

  • Wísdóm lǽnende ł tíðiende litlingum

    sapientiam praestans parvulis,

    • Ps. Lamb. 18, 8.
with a clause
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  • Nolde se cyning him tíðian ðæt Israel férde forð ofer his gemǽru

    qui concedere noluit, ut transiret Israel per fines suos,

    • Num. 21, 23.
used absolutely
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  • Ðonne ðú him tíðast,

    • Hy. 7, 56.

  • Drihten mé gehírde and tíðode mé

    exaudivit me Dominus,

    • Deut. 9, 19.

  • Ðá oferhogode hé ðæt hé him áðer dyde oþþe wiernde oþþe tigþade,

    • Ors. 6, 34;
    • Swt. 290, 22.

  • Ic gelýfe ðæt hé wille ðé tíðian,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 21, 218
      • :
    • Homl. Th. i. 250, 2.

  • Tó tíþienne is

    praestanda est,

    • Wülck. Gl. 251, 6.

  • Leafdi, tuðe me mine bone,

    • O. E. Homl. i. 207, 31.

  • God haueð herd þine bede and tiðed

    te bene exaudita est oratio tua,

    • ii. 135, 7.

  • Drightin has þe tid (tidd, MS. G.) þi bon,

    • C. M. 10966.

  • All þatt ned uss iss Godess Gast uss tiþeþþ,

    • Orm. 5365.

  • O þing ich wolde bidde þe, þit þou me woldest tyþe (rimes with bliþe),

    • R. Glouc. 114, 18.
Similar entries
v. ge-tíþian; tíþ, tíþe.
Linked entries
v.  tigþian.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “tíþian.” 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/30582.

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