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notian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
notian, p. ode.
to make use of, employ, enjoy;
Grammar
notian, with gen.
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  • Gif ðú his wel notast hwæt biþ wæstnbǽrre

    if you make good use of it (dung), what is more productive?

    • Homl. Th. ii. 408, 34.
  • Ða ðe ðisses middangeardes notigaþ swelce hí his nó ne notigen

    qui utuntur hoc mundo, tanquam non utantur,

    • Past. 50, 2
    • ;
    • Swt. 389, 1-2.
  • Eall moncyn and ealle nétenu ne notigaþ náwér neáh feórþan dǽles ðisse eorþan,

    • Bt. 18, 1
    • ;
    • Fox 62, 8.
  • Ðæt hý (garments ) synd gemǽte ðám ðe hyra notiaþ

    • R. Ben. 89, 19.
  • Nota ðæs wísdómes ðe ðú habbæ,

    • Shrn. 189, 18.
  • Gif hé þurh ða gebedu gehǽled ne biþ, notige ðonne se abbod cyrfes,

    • R. Ben. 52, 19.
  • Notian ðara ( the garments ), ðe for hwylcere neóde on ýtinge faraþ,

    • 91, 12.
  • Betǽce ðǽm ðe heora ( tools ) notian sceolan,

    • 56, 6.
  • Ic wille mid ðære geférrǽdene libban and ðære áre mid him notian (

    enjoy with them the property given to them

    ),
    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 344, 26.
Grammar
notian, with dat.
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  • Hwilc eówer ne notaþ cræfte mínon

    quis vestrum non utitur arte mea?

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 31, 9.
  • Hý scylun lǽca þeáwe notian,

    • R. Ben. 51, 2.
Grammar
notian, with acc.
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  • Gold and seolfor sind góde, gif ðú hí wel notast : gif ðú sylf yfel bist, ne miht ðú hí wel notian,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 410, 8-9.
Grammar
notian, case undetermined
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  • Man ða reáf nime, ðe hé ǽr notode,

    • R. Ben. l01, 24.
  • Nota ðenna neód sig

    use the medicine when need be,

    • Lchdm. i. 378, 18.
to discharge an office
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  • Búton hé forworhte, ðæt hé ðære hádnote notian ne móste,

    • L. R. 7
    • ;
    • Th. i. 192, 16.
Etymology
[
A. R. notien
:
O. and N. ich notie
:
Orm. þu notesst
:
Ayenb. noteþ
:
Icel. nota to make use of.
]
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v. be-, ge-notian; nyttian.
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