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mótian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
mótian, p. ode.
to address one's self, speak (to a person), converse (v. mótung)
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  • Man mót on eornost mótian wið his Drihten se ðe wyle ðæt wé sprecon mid weorcum wið hine

    the Lord, who will have us speak to him by our deeds, must be addressed in all seriousness,

    • Ælfc. T. Grn. 15, 3
      • .

  • Ne hiwa ðú swilce ðú mid bilewitnysse mǽge ðé gán orsorh tó mǽdena húsum and wið hí mótian ðæt ðín mód ne beó yfele besmiten þurh ða ýdelan spellunga

    do not pretend, as if in innocency you can go secure to maidens' houses and converse with them, and your heart not be defiled through the idle conversations,

    • Basil admn. 7
      • ;
    • Norm. 48, 11.

  • Gif se munuc wyle gán tó wífmanna húsum and wið hý mótian, and gif ðæm mǽdenum líkiaþ hyra luftýman sprǽce,

    • 48, 15.

  • [Cf. Stille beo þu, ne schaltu motin wið me na mare,

    • Marh. 17, 26.]
to address an assembly (cf. mótere)
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  • Heródes hæfde gemót ... Mid ðam ðe hé swíðost mótode, on his dómsetle sittende (cf. Acts 12, 21:

    Herod sat upon his throne, and made an oration

    ),
    • Homl. Th. ii. 382, 30.
to discuss, dispute, moot a question (cf. a moot point)
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  • Ðú scealt gelýfan on ðone lifigendan God, and ná ofer ðíne mǽðe mótian be him.

    • Hexam. 3
      • ;
    • Norm. 6, 17.
Etymology
and Prompt. Parv. mootyn discepto, placito; mótynge disceptacio.
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[Cf. ge-mótod,
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v.  ge-mótod mótere mótung.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “mótian.” 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/23200.

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