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þignen

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
þignen, þignenn, þínen[n], þinnen[n], e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§599;
a female servant, female attendant, handmaid
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  • Ðignen

    pedisequa,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 116, 63
      • .

  • Þínen,

    • i. 282, 15:

    ancilla,

    • ii. 4, 12
      • .

  • Þínen, wyln abra,

    i. ancilla,

    • i, 17, 26
      • ,

  • Þýnen

    vernacula, servula, ancilla,

    • Hpt. Gl. 498, 20
      • .

  • Sum þínen (ðignen,)

    • (Lind.)

    a certain maid,

    • Lk. Skt. 22, 56
      • .

  • Sió ðignen (ðegnen,)

    • (Rush.)

    durehaldend

    ancilla ostiaria,

    • Jn. Skt. Lind. 18, 17
      • .

  • Ic eom Godes ðínen

    behold the handmaid of the Lord

    • (Lk. 1, 38)
      • ,
    • Homl. Th. i. 200, 10
      • :
    • Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 237
      • .

  • Heó cwæð tó him: 'Ic eom deófles ðínen,

    • Shrn. 140, 18
      • .

  • Þínene

    ancillae,

    • Gen. 35, 25, 26
      • :
    • Scint. 229, 6
      • .

  • Þínenne,

    • Ps. Lamb. 115, 6: 85, 16
      • .

  • Þinnenre (-ne?),

    • Ps. Spl. 85, 15
      • .

  • Þinnenne

    abrâ,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 49
      • .

  • Seó abbudisse eode mid ánre hire ðígnenne

    (cum una sanctimonialium feminarum)

    ... Ðá hét heó hire ðínenne

    (ministram)

    gán,

    • Bd. 3, 11
      • ;
    • S. 536, 18-27
      • .

  • Þínenne,

    • Judth. Thw. 24, 4
      • ;
    • Jud. 172
      • .

  • Heó hæfde áne þínene

    (ancillam)

    • Gen. 16, 1
      • .

  • Áne hire þínena

    unam a famulabus suis,

    • Ex. 2, 5
      • .

  • Þínennum

    pedisequis

    ,

  • þínenna

    pedisequas,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 67, 9, 10
      • .

  • Þínum

    vernaculis,

    • Hpt. Gl. 523, 26
      • .

  • Þínenne

    vernaculas,

    • 404, 56
      • .

  • Þínena

    ancillas,

    • Lk. Skt. 12, 45
      • :
    • Gen. 33, 2
      • :
    • Homl. Th. ii. 478, 10
      • .
used with the meaning of byrþ-þignen, a mid-wife
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  • Se cyning cwæþ tó ðám þínenum ðe ðám Ebréiscean wífun þénodon

    (obstetricibus Hebraeorum)

    ... Ða þínena

    (obstetrices )

    him ondrédon

    • God, Ex. 1, 15, 17, 20, 21
      • .
Similar entries
v. beorþor- (written broþor-), byrþ-, duru-, in-þignen (-þínen).
Linked entries
v.  þegnen þegnung þínen.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “þignen.” 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/31853.

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  • þignen, n.

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