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stéran

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
stéran, p. de.
to cense, burn incense as a sacrifice
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  • Aaron stérde mid thimiama,

      Num. 16, 47.

  • Ozias wolde offrian and stérde æt ðam weofode (

    Uzziah went into the temple to burn incense upon the altar of incense,

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      Chron. 26, 16), Homl. Ass. 58, 185.

  • Nim ǽlc his stórcillan and stére ætforan Gode,

      Num. 16, 7.

  • Stþérde (=stérde)

    adoleret, sacrificaret,

      Hpt. Gl. 509, 59.

  • Stérden

    thurificarent,

      513, 69.

  • Tó stýrenne

    ad thurificandum, ad sacrificandum,

      477, 66.
to perfume a person as with incense
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  • Stér (stýr,

      MS. B.)
    hyne mid ðære wyrte, Lchdm. i. 98, 19: 206, 2.
Etymology
[Þer ne schulen heo helle stenches stinken, þer me scbal ham steoren mid guldene chelle, O. E. Homl. i. 193, 45.]
Similar entries
v. stór, stéring.
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v.  stéring stór stýran.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “stéran.” 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/28928.

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