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rétan

  • verb [ weak ]
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rétan, p. te
Wright's OE grammar
§531;
To cheer, gladden, comfort
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  • Geseóþ hú blíþe ða earman beóþ, ðonne hí mon mid mete and mid hrægle rétaþ,

      Blickl. Homl. 41, 29.
  • Ealle ða óðru gód óleccaþ ðam móde and hit rétaþ,

      Bt. 24, 3; Fox 84, 24 note. Hú se
    wísdóm hine eft réte and rihte mid his andsworum, tit. 5; Fox x, 10.
  • Ðæt dolh rét mid ferscre buteran,

      Lchdm. ii. 354, 5.
  • Wudewan and steópcild hý (eorlas and heretogan) sculon rétan and þearfena helpan,

      L. I. P. 11; Th. ii. 318, 26.
  • Se hálga ongann wígendra þreát wordum rétan,

      Andr. Kmbl. 3215; An. 1610.
  • Ða wædlan sint tó fréfranne and tó rétanne (

    offerre consolationis solatium

    ),
      Past. 26, 1; Swt. 181, 6.
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v. á-, un-rétan; rót.
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