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tó-þindan

  • verb [ strong ]
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tó-þindan, p. -þand, pl. -þundon; pp. -þunden
To swell, grow big
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  • Ic tóðinde

    tumeo,

    ðú tóðindst (-þintst, MSS. F. R.: -þindest, MS. U.: -þinst, MS. W.)

    tumes,

    hé tóðint

    tumet,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 16;
    • Zup. 107, 8-9.
in a physical sense
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  • Rif tóþand mǽdenes

    alvus tumescit Virginis,

    • Hymn. Surt. 44, 1.

  • Tóþindende

    turgescens, intumescens (in cumulum),

    • Hpt. Gl. 465, 11.

  • Tóþunden

    gravis,

    • Germ. 390, 142.
in a metaphorical sense, to swell with pride, be puffed up, be arrogant
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  • Tóþint

    intumuerit, superbierit.

    • Hpt. Gl. 423, 25.

  • Gif heora hwylc tóðint and hine on módignesse onhefþ and hé on ðám leahtre biþ onfunden

    si quisque ex eis inflatus superbia repertus fuerit reprehensibilis,

    • R. Ben. 46, 16.

  • Gif hwylc bróðor ongyten biþ tóþunden

    (contumax),

    • 48, 3.

  • Tóðunden oððe módig

    contumax,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 9, 60;
    • Zup. 69, 4.

  • Is tóþundon (inflammatum) mín heorte,

    • Ps. Lamb. 72, 21.

  • Tóþundenys gylpes

    tumentis jactantiae,

    • Hpt. Gl. 527, 36.

  • Gif ǽnig mid tóðunðene módig-nesse

    si aliquis tumido supircilio inflatus,

    • Chart. Th. 319, 13.

  • Ofer-módignysse tóþondenre tóbláwen,

    • Anglia xiii. 441, 1084.

  • Hé hine mid tóðundenum móde forseah,

    • Homl. Th. i. 330, 20: 450, 33.

  • Tóþundenne and ástrehtne hneccan

    tumentem et erectam cervicem,

    • Scint. 83, 17.
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v.  tó-þunden.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “tó-þindan.” 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/30896.

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