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crístnian

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to instruct in the Christian religion previous to (adult)
baptism, to catechize
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  • Þá crístnade hé mé (

    me cathecizare ipse curavit

    ) . . . and æfter medmiclum fæce . . . ic gefullad wæs,
      Bd. 5, 6; Sch. 581, 1-19.

  • Hé gelýfde on úrne Drihten and lét hine crístnian (

    had himself catechized

    ), and æfter lytlum fyrste hé wearð gefullod,
      Hml. S. 31, 523.

  • Hé nǽfre þá þénunge tó crístnienne (crístigenne, crístienne, v. ll.), oððe tó fullianne geleornian mihte

    nullatenus potuit cathecizandi uel baptizandi ministerium discere,

      Bd. 5, 6; Sch. 580, 19.
to perform the ritual that precedes baptism
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  • On ðǽre crístnunge þe man déð ǽr ðám fulluhte is mycel getácnung. Þonne se sácerd crístnað, þonne orðaþ hé on þone man . . . and mid þæs sácerdes hálsunge se deófol wyrð áflýmed fram þǽre menniscan gesceafte . . . þæt sealt þæt se sácerd þám men on múð déþ þonne hé crístnað, þæt getácnað godcundne wísdóm . . . and ðonne se sácerd him ætforan singð

    credo in deum,

    þonne trymeð hé his geleáfan . . . ðonne se sácerd æthrínð mid his spátle þæs mannes nose and eáran . . . and smyreð mid þám hálgan crisman breóst and sculdru . . . And ðonne þis gedón bið eal fullíce wel, swá tó ðǽre crístnunge gebyreð, þonne is æfter eallum þisum mid rihtum geleáfan tó efstanne wið fontbæðes,
      Wlfst. 33, 16-36, 1.

  • Þonne se preóst crístnað, þonne ádrǽfð hé ðone deófol of ðám cilde; for ðan ðe ǽlc hǽðen man bið deófles, ac þurh fulluht hé bið Godes,

      Hml. Th. i. 304, 33.
to baptize (?) cf. crístnung,
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  • Þá hǽþenan feóllon tó his cneówum biddende hine ꝥ hé dyde hí crístene. Hé ne wandode on þám wídgillan felda þá hǽþenan tó cristnigenne . . . ac hé hí ealle sóna samtingas gecrístnode,

      Hml. S. 31, 1036.
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v. ge-crístnian.
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v.  crístian crístnere.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “crístnian.” 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/42163.

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