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tyrnan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
tyrnan, p. de.
to turn (intrans.), revolve on an axis, round a centre
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  • Seó heofon tyrnþ onbútan ús swiftre ðonne ǽnig mylenhweól,

    • Lchdm. iii. 232, 18: 254, 11:
    • Boutr. Scrd. 18, 28:
    • Homl. Th. ii. 214, 29.

  • Se firmamentum went on ðam twám steorran swá swá hweogel tyrnþ on eaxe,

    • Lchdm. iii. 270, 22.

  • Se cwyrnstán ðe tyrnþ singallíce and nǽnne færeld ne ðurhtíhþ,

    • Homl. Th. i. 514, 20.

  • Ða steorran ðe on ðam rodere standaþ tyrnaþ ǽfre ábútan mid ðam brádan rodere,

    • Hexam. 7
      • ;
    • Norm. 12, 32.

  • Hí tyrndon mid bodige and heora fótwylmas áwendan ne mihton,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 508, 19.

  • Tyrn mid ðínum swíþran scytefingre

    make circles with your right forefinger,

    • Techm. ii. 119, 11: 126, 1.

  • Tyrnende

    rotante.

    • Hpt. Gl. 517, 9.
Grammar
tyrnan, figurative
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  • Tyrnende swégas

    rotatiles trocheos,

    • Germ. 403, 8.
to turn (trans.), to cause to revolve
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  • Ðá tyrndon ða hǽðenan hetelíce ðæt hweowl,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 14, 93.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. turnen.
From Latin.
]
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v. be-, ymb-tyrnan; turnian.
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v.  turnian.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “tyrnan.” 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/31425.

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