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týnan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
týnan, p. de
Wright's OE grammar
§530; §643;
To teen, tine
  • (v. Halliw. Dict.),
close.
to fence, enclose
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  • Me mæig on sumera týnan,

    • Anglia ix. 261, 11.

  • Gif ceotlas gærstún hæbben gemǽnne oþþe óðer gedálland tó týnanne, and hæbben sume getýned hiora dǽl, sume næbben,

    • L. In. 42
      • ;
    • Th. i. 128, 6.
to close, shut a door, book
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  • Miððý hígna fæder týneþ ðæt duro

    cum paterfamilias cluserit ostium,

    • Lk. Skt. Lind. 13, 25.

  • Ðonne týnde hé his béc

    clauso codice,

    • Bd. 4, 3
      • ;
    • S. 569, 10.

  • Miððý ða duro uérun týndo

    cum fores essent clausae.

    • Jn. Skt. Lind. 20, 19.
to close a place, prevent entrance into a place, shut up
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  • Gié týndon ríc heofna clauditis regnum coelorum,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 23, 13.
to prevent a person granting access to others (?), render a person inaccessible
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  • Týne hine Dryhten ðam ðe sár sprece sáwle mínre

    may the Lord shut His heart to him that speaks evil against my soul,

    • Ps. Th. 108, 20.
to close, conclude, bring to an end
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  • Se hálga Willfriþ æfter .xlv. wintra ðæs onfongenan biscophádes ðone ýtemestan dæg týnde

    (diem clausit extremam,)

    • Bd. 5, 19
      • ;
    • S. 636, 43.

  • An ancre nule nout tunen hire eiðurles aȝein deað of helle,

    • A.R. 62, 17.

  • Þa ȝæten heo tunden uaste,

    • Laym. 15320

  • Tynyn sepio; tynyd or hedgydde septus,

    • Prompt. Parv. 494.
Etymology
[
O. Frs. be-téna
:
O. Du. tuinen
:
O.H. Ger. zúnen sepire
:
Ger. zäunen.
]
Similar entries
v. á-, ǽ-, an-, be-, bi-, for-, ge-, on-, un-týnan; fore-týn(e)d; tún.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “týnan.” 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/31405.

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