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eargian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Substitute: To grow timid, turn coward, lose heart
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  • Dumbe beóð þá bydelas þe for ege oððe ǽnigre worldscame eargiað and wandiað Godes riht tó sprecanne,

      Wlfst. 191, 5.

  • Þá eargode heora án for þám ormǽtum cyle,

      Hml. S. 11, 156.

  • His geféran eargodon bútan eahta hund mannum þe him mid fuhton,

      25, 654.

  • Ne déð hé náht, eargie hé oðþon hine forsceamige riht tó sprecanne,

      Ll. Th. ii. 326, 21.

  • Eargian for woruldege,

      310, 20.

  • Sculon eówre heortan eargian swíðe (

    animam uestram tabescentem faciam

    ), and eówra feónda mægen strangian þearle,
      Wlfst. 133, 4.
  • [v. N. E. D. argh; vb. Cf. O. H. Ger. ir-argén obstupescere.] Cf. ge-irgan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “eargian.” 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/43424.

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