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nǽtan

  • verb [ weak ]
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nǽtan, p. te
Wright's OE grammar
§531;
To trample upon, crush, subdue
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  • Oft ic cwice bærne nǽte mid níþe

    oft the living I burn, painfully oppress them,

    • Exon. Th. 389, 7
    • ;
    • Rä. 7. 4.
  • Hé sceal weorðan his lífe tó nytte mid dý ðæt hé nǽte his unþeáwas

    mores pravorum premere, vitae prodesse,

    • Past. 46, 5
    • ;
    • Swt. 353, l0.
  • Nǽtendne

    proterentem,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 3 : Ep. Gl. 18 b, 27.
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