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lǽswian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
lǽswian, lǽsian: p. ode, ede, trans. and intrans.
To pasture, feed, graze
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  • Ic lǽswige

    pasco,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 35
      • ;
    • Som. 38, 13
      • .

  • Ic lǽsewige, lǽswige,

    • 28
      • :
    • Som. 30, 33
      • .

  • Ic hí lǽswige on dóme and on rihtwísnysse

    I will feed them in judgement and righteousness,

    • Homl. Th. i. 242, 18
      • .

  • Hig man lǽswode on mórium lande

    pascebantur in locis palustribus,

    • Gen. 41, 2
      • .

  • Ðá lǽswode heó hire féstermódor sceápum

    then she fed her foster-mother's sheep,

    • Shrn. 101, 14
      • .

  • Ðá lǽswede hé mid his fæder sceápum,

    • 108, 31
      • .

  • Ða assan wið hí lǽswodon

    the asses were grazing by them,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 450, 6
      • .

  • Lǽswa míne scép

    feed my sheep,

    • 290, 30
      • .

  • Oxanhyrde mót lǽswian ii. oxan oððe má on gemǽnre lǽse

    bubulco licet adherbare duos boves, et alicubi plus, in communibus pascuis,

    • L. R. S. 12
      • ;
    • Th. i. 438, 13
      • .

  • Heord lǽswiende

    grex pascens,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 8, 30
      • .

  • Lǽsgende,

    • Mk. Skt. 5, 11.

  • Hwylc eówer hæfþ þeów scép lǽsgende [lésuande, Lind.]

    quis vestrum habens servum pascentem,

    • Lk. Skt. 17, 7
      • .

  • Heord swýna lǽsiendra [lésuuandra, Lind.]

    grex porcorum pascentium,

    • 8, 32
      • .

  • On lǽswigendum eówdum

    in pascendis gregibus,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 26
      • ;
    • Som. 28, 20
      • .
Etymology
[
O. E. Homl. leseweþ, prs. 3
:
A. R. leswe, imper
:
Wick. leseweden, p. 3.
]
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v.  lǽsian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “lǽswian.” 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/21005.

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