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myntan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
myntan, p. te.
Wright's OE grammar
§530;
to mean, intend, purpose, determine,
Grammar
myntan, with infin.
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  • Se ðe Gode mynteþ bringan beorhtne wlite,

    • Exon. 23 b
      • ;
    • Th. 65, 22
      • ;
    • Cri. 1058.

  • Mynte ic hié háton yflian

    I had a mind to order them to be punished,

    • Nar. 25, 27.

  • Heó hí mynte for hý tó abbudissan gesettan

    abbatissam eam pro se facere disposuerat,

    • Bd. 5, 3
      • ;
    • 616, 19.

  • Hé mynte hine sleán,

    • Blickl. Homl. 223, 7, 9, 11, 16.

  • Hé mynte mid his discipulum tó his mynstre féran,

    • 225, 11 : Beo. Th. 1428
      • ;
    • B. 712.

  • Ðá mynton wé ús gerestan,

    • Nar. 14, 25 : Bt. Met. Fox 26, 143
      • ;
    • Met. 26, 72.
Grammar
myntan, with infin. to be supplied
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  • Gif ðú seó riht cyning swá ðú ǽr myntest,

    • Cd. 228
      • ;
    • Th. 308, 8
      • ;
    • Sat. 688.

  • Mynte se mǽra hwǽr hé meahte ðanon fleón

    the mighty one designed (to get) where he could flee thence,

    • Beo. Th. 1528
      • ;
    • B. 762.
[Cf.
Prompt.Parv. myntyn or amyn towarde attempto.
]
Grammar
myntan, with a clause introduced by ðæt
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  • Geréfa mín mynteþ ðæt mé æfter síe eaforan síne yrfeweardas

    my steward means his children to be heirs after me,

    • l00
      • ;
    • Th. 131, 27
      • ;
    • Gen. 2182.

  • Hé mynte ðæt hé gedǽlde líf wið líce,

    • Beo. Th. 1466
      • ;
    • B. 731.
Grammar
myntan, with a case
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  • Wit sculon sécan ðæt ðæt wit ǽr mynton

    sed quae proposuimus intueamur,

    • Bt. 35, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 158, 11.

  • Hí him sylfum ríce mynton,

    • Wulfst. 145, 26.
to think, suppose
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  • Mynton ealle, ðæt se brego and seó mægþ wǽron ætsomne,

    • Judth. 12
      • ;
    • Thw. 25, 10
      • ;
    • Jud. 253.
Similar entries
v. ge-myntan.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “myntan.” 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/23339.

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