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starian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
starian, p. ode
To stare, look fixedly, gaze (with on, tó)
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  • Ðæt ic on ðone hafelan eágum starige,

      Beo. Th. 3567; B. 1781.
  • Starie,

      5585; B. 2796.
  • Secga gehwylcum ðara ðe on swylc staraþ,

      1997; B. 996: 2975; B. 1485.
  • Wé on ðæt bearn foran breóstum stariaþ,

      Exon. Th. 21, 28; Cri. 341.
  • Ðe gé hér on stariaþ,

      33, 6; Cri. 521: 36, 3; Cri. 570.
  • Him ðæt tácen wearð, ðǽr hé tó starude,

      Cd. Th. 260, 32; Dan. 718.
  • Ðe hire an eágum starede,

      Beo. Th. 3875; B. 1935.
  • Hí on mere staredon,

      3211; B. 1603.
  • On ða beorhtan gescæft ne mót ic ǽfre má eágum starian,

      Cd. Th. 273, 22; Sat. 140: Judth. Thw. 24, 9; Jud. 179.
  • Se earn mæg starian on ðære sunnan leóman,

      Homl. Skt. i. 15, 199.
  • Hí stóden æt ðæra dura stariende on ðæt leóht,

      3, 133.
Etymology
[Staryn wythe brode eyne patentibus oculis respicere, Prompt. Parv. 472. O. H. Ger. starén: Ger. starren: Icel. stara.]
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v. ge-starian.
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