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openian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
openian, p. ode. I. intrans.
Wright's OE grammar
§536; §643;
to open, to become open
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  • Openaþ

    patebit,

      Kent. Gl. 401.

  • Byrgenu openodon,

      Homl. Th. ii. 258, 5.
  • Openige nú ðín fæðm. Blickl. Homl. 7, 24.

  • Byrgen opnigende

    (patens)

    is race heora.
      Ps. Spl. 5, 10.

  • Openiendum heofonum

    caelis patentibus,

      Bd. 4, 9 ; S. 576, 37.

  • Opniendum,

      Hpt. Gl. 514, 55.
to become manifest
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  • Ðæs líf mid heálícum tácnum heofonlícra wundra openode

    cujus vita sublimis crebris miraculorum patebat indiciis,

      4, 30; S. 608, 26.
  • II. trans,
to open, unclose
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  • Openast

    (aperis)

    ðú hand ðíne,
      Ps. Spl. 144, 17.

  • Seáþ hé openode

    lacum aperuit,

      7, 16.

  • Opnyaþ mé gain rihtwísnysse,

      117, 19.
to disclose, manifest
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  • Gefeohtu gesihþ blisse hit openaþ if he sees fights, it is a sure sign of joy, Lchdm. iii. 200, 8.

  • He cýðde and openade ðæt hé Cristen wǽre

    se Christianum esse prodiderat,

      Bd. i. 7 ; S. 477, 22.

  • Ðæt hé nǽnigum má openade ne cýðde

    (pałefacereł),

      5, 9; S. 623, 15.

  • Hord openian

    to discover the treasure,

      Beo. Th. 6105 ; B. 3056.

  • Openiende

    propalat,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 17.
Etymology
[O. Sax. oponón: O. H. Ger. offanón : O. Frs. epenia: Icel. opna]
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v. ge-openian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “openian.” 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/24877.

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