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huntian

  • verb [ weak ]
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huntian, p. ode
To hunt
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  • Ic ásende míne fisceras and hí gefixiaþ hí míne huntan and hí huntiaþ hi of ǽlcere dúne and of ǽlcere hylle

    I will send for many fishers and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters and they shall hunt them from every mountain and from every hill

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    • A. V. Jer. 56, 56
      • ],
    • Homl. Th. i. 576, 28.

  • Gif him þince ðæt hé huntige beorge him georne wið his fýnd

    if he fancies that he is hunting, let him guard himself well against his foes,

    • Lchdm. iii. 172, 19.

  • Ne canst ðú huntian búton nettum

    nescis venari nisi cum retibus,

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 21, 21.

  • Ic fare huntian

    venatum pergo,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 24
      • ;
    • Som. 25, 10.

  • Huntigendra

    venantium,

    • Ps. Spl. 90, 3 : 123, 6.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “huntian.” 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/19987.

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