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týdran

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
týdran, týdrian; p. ede
To propagate
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  • Ic tyddrige (teddrige, MS. D.)

    propago,

      Ælfc. Gr. 36; Zup. 216, 14.
trans.
To bring forth, produce
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  • Se godcunda foreþonc geedníwaþ and týdreþ (tídreþ, Cott. MS.) ǽlc túdor and hit eft gehýt

    nascentia occidentiaque omnnia per simileis foetuum seminumque renovat progressus,

      Bt. 39, 8; Fox 224, 10.
to propagate, nourish, foster
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  • Ðin hand plantode and týdrede úre foregengan

    plantasti eos.

      Ps. Th. 43, 3.
  • Hér seó gálnese týdrode (týtrode, MS.) hir[e] cyn on hire sylfre

    multitudinem vitiorum avaritia nigro lacte nutrit,

      Gl. Prud. 57 b.
    Ǽlces landes gecynd is, ðæt hit him gelíce wyrta týdrige (týdre, Cott. MS.); and hit swá déþ; friþaþ and fyrþraþ swíþe georne, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 29.
  • Wyrd seó swíðe ... heó wile late áðreótan, ðæt heó fǽhðo ne týdre

    it will be long before she is weary of fostering hate,

      Salm. Kmbl. 898; Sal. 448.
  • Telgran tídrian

    surculos pastinare (plantare, nutrire ),

      Hpt. Gl. 433, 48.
  • Týdriende

    pastinantem, rigantem,

      454, 13.
  • Tytdriendum

    propaganda,

    Anglia xiii.
      30, 75.
  • Fácn wiþinnan tyddriende

    dolum intus alentes,

      Coll. Monast. Th. 32, 33.
intrans.
To be prolific,
absolute
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  • Týmaþ and tiédraþ,

      Cd. Th. 91, 14; Gen. 1512.
  • Feoh sceal on eorðan týdran and týman,

      Menol. Fox 557; Gn. C. 48.
  • Melce and týdrende

    foetas,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 36, 32.
with dat. (inst.) of that in which anything is prolific
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  • Wæstmum týdreþ,

      Exon. Th. 493, 18; Rä. 81, 32.
  • Wudubearwas tánum týdraþ,

      191, 6; Az. 84.
  • Wæstme týdraþ cederbeámas,

      Ps. Th. 103, 16.
  • Tyddraþ,

      64, 11.
Etymology
[Þenne men michel tuderið ... and here tuder swiðe wexeð, O.E. Homl. ii. 177, 16. Þeȝȝre time wass all gan to tiddrenn and to tæmenn, Orm. 18307. Of hem ben tudered manig on, Gen. and Ex. 630.]
Similar entries
v. á-, on-týdran, ge-tyddrian; týdred, un-týdrende, týdriend, túdor.
Linked entries
v.  a-tydran tídran tyddrian týdred týdrian.
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