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a-þenian

  • verb [ weak ]
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a-þenian, p. ede, ode; pp. ed, od ; v. a. [a out, þenian to stretch] .
to stretch out, extend, distend, expand, stretch; tendere, extendere, expandere
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  • Aþene ðíne hand, and he hí aþenede

    extende manum tuam, et extendit,

    • Mt. Bos. 12, 13
    • :
    • Ps. Th. 59, 7 : 103, 3
    • .
  • Gif se maga aþened síe,

    if the stomach be distended,

    • L. M. cont. 2, 2
    • ;
    • Lchdm, ii. 158, 4
    • .
  • Bogan his he aþenede

    arcum suum tetendit,

    • Ps. Spl. 7, 13
    • .
to prostrate; prosternere
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  • aþenedon

    they prostrated themselves,

    • Mt. Bos. 2, 11
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to stretch, apply; intendere
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  • He ða geornlíce his mód aþenode on ða þing, ðe he gehýrde

    ille sollicitus in ea, quæ audiebat, animum intendit,

    • Bd. 4, 3; S. 567, 45
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v.  a-þenung.
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