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stihtan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
stihtan, p. te.
Wright's OE grammar
§98;
to dispose, arrange, regulate, direct, rule
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  • Ic stihte (

    disposui

    ) gekýþnysse mínum gecorenum,
      Ps. Lamb. 88, 4.
  • Stapas on his heortan hé stihte

    ascensiones in corde suo disposuit,

      83, 6.
  • On ðam án and twentigan geáre ðæs ðe Willelm weólde and stihte Engleland,

      Chr. 1086 ; Erl. 219, 27.
to instigate, incite
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  • Stihte hí Byrhtnóð, bæd ðæt hyssa gehwylc hogode tó wíge,

      Byrht. Th. 135, 34 ; By. 127.
  • Ic heó tó þeófendum and tó geflitum stihte,

      Wulfst. 255, 12.
Etymology
[Du. stichten : O. H. Ger. stiften componere, concinnare : Icel. stétta to found, establish.]
Similar entries
v. á-, fore-, ge-stihtan ; stihtian.
Linked entries
v.  a-stihtan.
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