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mǽnan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
mǽnan, p. de
Wright's OE grammar
§134; §530;
To lament, mourn, complain.
intrans.
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  • Ðú simle mid wópe and mid unrótnesse mǽnst gif ðé ǽnies willan wana biþ

    (tu) qui abesse aliquid tuae beatitudini tam luctuosus atque anxius conqueraris,

    • Bt. 11, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 30, 22.

  • Ðá hé gehiérde ðæt ðæt folc mǽnde tó him Arone ymb hiera earfeðo

    Moyses cum contra se et Aaron conqueri populum cognovisset,

    • Past. 28, 6
      • ;
    • Swt. 201, 4.

  • Ealle wordum mǽndon,

    • Cd. 222: Th. 288, 24
      • ;
    • Sae. 386.
followed by a clause
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  • Ða welan ðe dú mǽndest ðæt ðú forlure

    the wealth which you complain of having lost,

    • Bt. 7, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 20, 18.

  • Bonan mǽndon ðæt hý monnes bearn oferþunge,

    • Exon. 38b
      • ;
    • Th. 128, 8
      • ;
    • Gú. 401.
with acc.
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  • Hú Boetius his earfoðu tó Gode mǽnde,

    • Bt. tit. cap. 4.

  • His tungan hé mǽnde swíðost

    he complained most of his tongue,

    • Homl. Th. i. 330, 31.

  • Basilius ménde ðæt unriht,

    • Homl. Skt. 3, 322.

  • Hé misbeád his munecan and ða munecas hit mǽndon lufelíce,

    • Chr. 1083
      • ;
    • Erl. 217, 4.

  • Hí mǽndon mondryhtnes cwealm

    they mourned their lord's death,

    • Beo. Th. 6289
      • ;
    • B. 3149.

  • Ic wundrige hwæt ðé seó oððe hwæt ðú mǽne

    admiror cur aegrotes.

    • Bt. 5, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 12, 11.

  • Hú miht ðú mǽnan ðæt wyrse nú ðú ðæt leófre hæfst gehealden

    poterisne, meliora quæque retinens, de infortunio jure caussari?

    • 10
      • ;
    • Fox 28, 10.

  • Cyning mǽnan

    to mourn their king.

    • Beo. Th. 6324
      • ;
    • B. 3172.

  • Ic gehére gnorniende cynn grundas mǽnan (

    the devils in hell),

    • Cd. 216
      • ;
    • Th. 273, 10
      • ;
    • Sat. 134.

  • Ðæt ic sceal teárum mǽnan

    that I must mourn with tears.

    • Exon. 76a
      • ;
    • Th. 285, 10
      • ;
    • Jul. 712.
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v. bemǽnan.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “mǽnan.” 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/22156.

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