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stípan

  • verb [ weak ]
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stípan, p. te.
to raise, build high, erect
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  • Tó heofonum up hlǽdræ rǽrdon, strengum stépton stǽnenne weall ofer monna gemet,

      Cd. Th. 101, 2 ; Gen. 1676.
fig.
to exalt, elevate, dignify, ennoble
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  • Ic ðé on tída gehwone duguðum stépe,

      Cd. Th. 139, 7 ; Gen. 2306.
  • Hé him fremum stépeþ,

      Exon. Th. 434, 10 ; Rä. 51, 8.
  • Ðeáh ðe hine mihtig God mægenes wynnum stépte ofer ealle men,

      Beo. Th. 3438 ; B. 1717.
  • Se feónd (Nero) his diórlingas duguþum stépte (cf. hé weorþode his deorlingas mid miclum welum, Bt. 28 ; Fox 100, 29)

    dabat improbus verendis patribus indecores curules,

      Met. 15, 8.
  • Sinces brytta (

    the king of Egypt

    ) héht Abrahame duguðum stépan,
      Cd. Th. 111, 21 ; Gen. 1859 : 142, 21 ; Gen. 2365.
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v. ge-, on-stépan ; stípere, steáp.
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