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ettan

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Wright's OE grammar
§657;
To consume the produce of land, to graze land:
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  • Gif ceorlas gærstún hæbben gemǽnne oþþe óðer gedálland . . . and etten hiora gemǽnan æceras oþþe gærs

    (and (cattle) eat up their crops or grass),

    • Ll. Th. i. 128, 7
    • .
  • Hé sǽde ðæt Norðmanna land wǽre swýþe lang and swýþe smæl. Eal þæt his man áþer oððe ettan oððe erian mæg

    (all of it that can be grazed or ploughed),

    þæt líð wið ðá sǽ,

    • Ors. 1, 1
    • ;
    • S. 18, 25
    • ,
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Etymology
[
O. Frs. etta
:
O. H. Ger. ezzen depascere.
]
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v. á-ettan.
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