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stæppan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
stæppan, steppan; p. stóp; pp. stapen
Wright's OE grammar
§55; §291; §510;
To step, go, proceed
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  • Ic stǽppe

    gradior,

      Ælfc. Gr. 29; Zup. 185, 18.
  • Gange se wífman tó birgenne, and stǽppe ofer ða byrgene ... Ðonne heó tó hyre hláforde on reste gá, ðonne cweþe heó: 'Up ic gange, ofer ðé stæppe,' Lchdm. iii. 66, 18-26.

  • Ic steppe on grénne græs,

      Exon. Th. 396, 16; Rä. 16, 5.

  • Ðonne stæpþ se sacerd tǽlleáslíce on ðone weg

    tunc sacerdos irreprehensibiliter graditur,

      Past. 13, 1; Swt. 77, 18: Homl. Th. i. 374, 21.

  • Hé stæpþ beforan ðison folce

    praecedet populum istum,

      Deut. 3, 28.

  • Stepeþ,

      Exon. Th. 264, 34; Jul. 374.

  • Steppeþ,

      499, 33; Rä. 88, 25.

  • Rúmaþ, steppaþ

    cedunt;

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 19, 19: 87, 64.

  • Stóp forð (

    prodiit

    ) se ðe deád wæs,
      Jn. Skt. 11, 44.

  • Deáð neálǽcte, stóp stalgongum, sóhte sáwelhús,

      Exon. Th. 170, 17; Gú. 1113.

  • Se cyning stóp tóforan ðam biscope,

      Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 36.

  • Seó wífman stóp inn

    ingressa,

      Jud. 4, 21: Cd.Th. 69, 16; Gen. 1136.

  • Se apostol stóp intó ðære byrig,

      Homl. Th. i. 60, 11: Byrht. Th. 134, 3; By. 78.

  • Hé wið ðǽs beornes stóp,

      135, 41; By. 131.

  • Hié stópon tó ðam gysterne,

      Judth. Thw. 21, 29; Jud. 39: 24, 36; Jud. 227: Cd. Th. 95, 26; Gen. 1584.

  • Stæppaþ ryhte, ne healtigeaþ leng,

      Past. 11; Swt. 65, 18.

  • Ðýlæs hé ofer ðone ðerscold stæppe,

      13; Swt. 77, 22: Lchdm. ii. 124, 6.

  • Ðæt hié stæppen on ryhtne weg,

      Past. 18; Swt. 131, 25.

  • Ðǽr ic stæppan scyle,

      Ps. Th. 16, 5: Cd. Th. 86, 22; Gen. 1434: Wulfst. 303, 10: Homl. Th. i. 118, 32.

  • Steppan,

      Ps. Th. 31, 9: Wulfst. 239, 11: Cd. Th. 88, 2; Gen. 1459: 279, 35; Sat. 248.

  • Com stæppende sum cempa,

      Homl. Th. i. 452, 14.
Etymology
[O. Sax. stóp; p.: O. Frs. steppa; p. stóp; pp. stapen: cf. O. H. Ger. stepfen, stapfón.]
Similar entries
v. æt-, be-, for-, fore-, forþ-, ge-, in-, of-, ofer-, on-, wið-stæppan (-steppan, -stapan. In the compounds, instead of stapan read stæppan).
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Bosworth, Joseph. “stæppan.” 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/28667.

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