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GRÓWAN

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
GRÓWAN, part. grówende; ic grówe, ðú grówest, gréwst, he gróweþ, gréwþ, pl. grówaþ; p. greów, pl. greówon; pp. grówen
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §128; §165; §264; §266; §519;
To GROW, increase, spring, sprout, spring up; crescere, frondere, virere, germinare, florere
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  • Lǽteþ hió ða blówan and grówan

    it lets these blow and grow,

      Exon. 109 a; Th. 417, 6; Rä. 35, 9: 90 a; Th. 338, 3; Gn. Ex. 73: Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 5: Bt. Met. Fox 22, 84; Met. 22, 42: Salm. Kmbl. 969; Sal. 484.

  • Spritte seó eorðe grówende gærs

    germinet terra herbam virentem,

      Gen. 1, 11: Ps. Spl. 64, 11: Cd. 5; Th. 6, 13; Gen. 88.

  • Ic grówe

    frondeo,

      Ælfc. Gr. 26, 2; Som. 28, 42.

  • Ic grówe

    vireo,

      26, 2; Som. 28, 44: Mk. Bos. 4, 27.

  • Leáf and gærs geond Bretene blóweþ and gróweþ

    leaves and grass blow and grow over Britain,

      Bt. Met. Fox 20, 198; Met. 20, 99: 29, 140; Met. 29, 70: Ps. Th. 91, 11: 146, 8: Exon. 91 b; Th. 343, 19; Gn. Ex. 159: Hy. 35; Hy. Grn. ii. 292, 35.

  • Eall se dǽl ðæs treówes upweardes gréwþ

    all that part of the tree grows upwards,

      Bt. 34, 10; Fox 150, 2.

  • Hí grówaþ geára gehwilce on lencten tíd

    they grow every year in spring time,

      Bt. Met. Fox 29, 133; Met. 29, 67: Ps. Th. 103, 12: 64, 11.

  • Greów

    grew,

      Beo. Th. 3441: B. 1718.

  • Ða greówon [MS. greowan] and blósmodon [MS. blosmodan]

    the lands grew and blossomed,

      Bd. 4, 13; S. 582, 35: Ps. Th. 106, 36, 37.

  • Forhwí ǽlc sǽd grówe innon ða eorþan?

    why should every seed grow in the earth?

      Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 31.

  • Hwæt druge ðú grówendra gifa?

    what madest thou of the growing gifts?

      Cd. 42; Th. 55, 6; Gen. 890.
Etymology
[O. Frs. grówa: Icel. gróa: O. H. Ger. gróen, grúen virescere.]
Derived forms
DER. a-, for-, ge-grówan.
Linked entries
v.  ge-grówan.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “GRÓWAN.” 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/17567.

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