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to order, regulate, arrange, direct
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  • Dih[t(eð)]

    dispensat,

      An. Ox. 17, 1.

  • On þá wísan þe se abbod dyht (diht,

    v. l.) prout abba disposuerit,

      R. Ben. 125, 10.

  • Wé andbidodon ðín þæt þú ús þæs mynstres gebytlu dihtan (

    disponere

    ) sceoldest,
      Hml. Th. ii. 172, 23.

  • Sculon bisceopas mid worulddéman dómas dihtan, ꝥ hí ne geþafian ꝥ ǽnig unriht úp áspringe,

      Ll. Th. ii. 312, 36.

  • Dihtende

    dispensans (ecclesiae rudimentum ),

      An. Ox. 11, 130.
to give direction to a person, dictate, direct a person (dat. )
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  • Swá swá him diht se abbod,

      Ll. Th. ii. 372, 5.
  • Benedictus on swefne . . . hí gewissode ymbe ðæs mynstres gebytlungum . . . 'Árǽrað þæt mynster swá swá ic eów on swefne dihte,' Hml. Th. ii. 172, 28.

  • Hé déð be þám þe his willa him dihte,

      Hml. S. 27, 175.
to dictate what is to be written
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  • Þá fíf béc God sylf dihte, and Moyses hí áwrát,

      Hml. Th. i. 186, 20.

  • Þás endebyrdnysse þe Moyses áwrát swá swá him God self dihte,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 3, 14.

  • Aman dihte gewritu be þám Iudéiscum tó ǽlcere scíre

    scriptum est ut jusserat Aman, et litterae missae sunt ad universas provincias,

      Hml. A. 97, 162.
Etymology
[v. N. E. D. dight.]
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v. dihtian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “dihtan.” 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/42778.

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