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ýþian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
ýþian, ýþgian; p. ode.
to overflow (intrans.)
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  • Ðá ýðode ðæt flód ofer eorþan

    aquae diluvii inundaverunt super terram,

      Gen. 7, 10.

  • Ðæs flódes wæteru ýðedon ofer eorþan,

      7, 6, 18.

  • Burnon ýþgodon (ýðgadun, Surt.)

    torrentes inundaverunt,

      Ps. Spl. 77, 23.

  • Éðiende

    redundans (torrens ),

      Kent. Gl. 632.

  • Ðæt ýðigende flód, ðe ða synfullan ádylegode,

      Homl. Th. ii. 60, 4.

  • Swilc storm ýðigende feóll

    such a storm fell in torrents,

      184, 5.
figurative,
to be filled
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  • Ðæs cyninges ríce ge foreweard ge forþgang swá monigum and swá myclum styrenessum wiþerweardra ðinga ýþiaþ

    cujus regni et principia et processus tot ac tantis redundavere rerum adversantium motibus,

      Bd. 5, 23; S. 646, 4.

  • Ic ýðgode mid synnum, swá sǽ mid ýðum,

      Shrn. 140, 18.
to move in waves, to toss, roll,
of the sea. v. ýþung
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  • Ðæs ýþiendan sǽs

    flucivagi ponti,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 61.

  • Hé ða yþig-endan sǽ mid ánre hǽse gestilde,

      Homl. Th. ii. 378, 20.
of movement like that of the sea,
to wave
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  • Sume sind gehátene tropi . . . swá swá is gecweden

    fluctuare segetes,

    ðæt æceras ýðiaþ, for ðan ðe æceras faraþ on sumera, swá swá sǽ ýðigende,
      Ælfc. Gr. 50; Zup. 295, 10.
figurative, to fluctuate. v. ýþig
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  • His mód bið swíðe ýðegende (iéðegende, Hatt. MS.) and swíðe ábisgod mid eorðlícra monna wordum

    valde inter humana verba cor defluit,

      Past. 22; Swt. 168, 11.

  • Swá bið ðis eorðlíce líf oft ýðgiende swá swá sǽ,

      52; Swt. 409, 35.

  • Seó sǽ getácnode ðás andwerdan woruld, ðe is swíþe ýðigende for mislícum styrungum and eostnungum,

      Homl. Th. ii. 384, 23.

  • Of ýðigendre sǽ ðyssere worulde,

      290, 33.

  • Ne syleþ hé sóðfæstum ðæt him ýþende mód innan hreðre

    non dabit fluctuationem justo,

      Ps. Th. 54, 22.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. undeón fluctuare, aestuare.]
Similar entries
v. on-ýþian.
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v.  ýþan ýþgian.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ýþian.” 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/37290.

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