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þeón

  • verb [ strongcontracted ]
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Grammar
þeón, p.þáh and þeáh, pl. þigon and þugon; p. pr. þíende and þeónde; pp. þigen and þogen
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §41; §127; §175; §239; §245; §329; §492; §530;
To thrive, grow, flourish, prosper
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  • Þíhþ

    cluit, pollet, viget, nobilitat,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 75
      • .

  • Þáh

    pubesceret,

    • 66, 22
      • .

  • Þeó

    vigeat,

    • Wülck. Gl. 257, 17
      • .
of persons in respect to either physical or moral growth.
absolute
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  • Se his yldrum ðáh tó frófre

    he grew up a comfort to his parents,

    • Cd. Th. 67, 28
      • ;
    • Gen. 1107
      • .

  • Sunu weóx and ðáh,

    • 138, 30
      • ;
    • Gen. 2299
      • .

  • Þág,

    • 167, 25
      • ;
    • Gen. 2771
      • .

  • Ðæt cynn þeáh,

    • Wulfst. 13, 11
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  • Heó ðurh mægðhád mǽrlíce þeáh,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 2, 3
      • .

  • Cnæplingc weóx ł þéh

    puer pollesceret,

    • Hpt. Gl. 466, 60
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  • Hyhtful vel ðíendi

    indolis,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 111, 54
      • .

  • Þiónde,

    • 45, 58
      • .
where that, in which the growth, etc., takes place, is stated
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  • Se gǽst þíhd in þeáwum,

    • Exon. Th. 126, 10
      • ;
    • Gú. 369
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  • Sume on ǽgþrum þeóþ

    quidam in utrisque pollent,

    • Scint. 221, 1
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  • Hé weóx under wolcnum, weorþmyntum þáh,

    • Beo. Th. 16
      • ;
    • B. 8
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  • Se Hǽlend þéáh on wísdóme and on ylde

    Jesus proficiebat sapientia et aetate,

    • Lk. Skt. 2, 52
      • :
    • Homl. Skt. i. 2, 23
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  • Þeáh hwá þeó on eallum welum and on eallum wlencum,

    • Bt. 19
      • ;
    • Fox 68, 31
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  • Þió,

    • Met. 10, 28
      • .

  • Ðeónde on cræftum

    virtutibus pollens,

    • Past. 9;
    • Swt. 59, 11
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  • Ðiónde,

    • Bt. 38, 5
      • ;
    • Fox 206, 22
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  • Ðiiende on wæstum

    proficiens incrementis,

    • Rtl. 38, 41
      • .
where that, in relation to which the growth, etc., takes place, is stated
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  • Monge lifgaþ gyltum forgiefene, nales Gode þígaþ,

    • Exon. Th. 130, 3
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    • Gú. 432
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  • Wǽron hálige sacerdas Gode ðeónde,

    • Homl. Th. i. 544, 11
      • .
of things abstract or concrete
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  • Andgyt þýhð

    sensus uiget,

    • Scint. 52, 8
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  • Þýhð

    (virginitatis gratia) adolescit,

    • Hpt. Gl. 436, 67
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  • Ic þǽh óþþæt ic wæs yldra,

    • Exon. Th. 485, 2
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    • Rä, 71, 7
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  • Se síð ne þáh ðam ðe unrihte inne gehýdde wræote

    the journey did not turn to the profit of him who unrighteously had hidden treasure within,

    • Beo. Th. 6109
      • ;
    • B. 3058: 5665
      • ;
    • B. 2836
      • .

  • Hine (him?) se cwealm ne þeáh,

    • Exon. Th. 278, 30
      • ;
    • Jul. 605
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  • Þeáh, bleów

    (gratia) floruerit,

    • Hpt. Gl. 441, 48
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  • His wæstmas genihtsumlíce þugon

    (uberes fructus ager attulit,)

    • (Lk. 12, 20)
      • ,
    • Homl. Th. ii. 104, 15
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  • Se líchama þeónde on strangum breóste, on fullum limum and hálum,

    • i. 614, 11
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  • Ðás wanunge getácnaþ se wanigenda dæg his (John's) gebyrdtíde, and se ðeónda

    (increasing, lengthening)

    dæg ðæs Hǽlendes ácennednysse gebícnaþ his ðeóndan mihte,

    • 358, 4
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  • Betweox óðrum mægenum bið ðeónde (ðiónde, Hatt. MS.) sió earnung ðæs geswenctan flǽsces

    inter virtutes ceteras afflictae carnis meritum proficit,

    • Past. 14
      • ;
    • Swt. 86, 25
      • :
    • Hpt. Gl. 420, 37
      • .

  • Þeónde

    florentis (pudicitiae ),

    • 511, 50
      • .
Etymology
[
from þíhan; and this from an earlier nasal stem, of which traces are preserved in the past forms, where g has replaced h by Verner's law:-Ðunge pollesceret, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 40 Fród fæder freóbearn lǽrdewordum wísfæstum, ðæt hé wel þunge, Exon. Th. 300, 9; Fä. 3.
See also the passages given under ge-þingan; ofer-þeón; ge-, heáh-, wel-þungen; on-þungan, Exon. Th. 497, 3; Rä. 85, 23 (omitted in its place)]
Similar entries
v. for-, fore-, ge-, mis-, ofer-, on-þeón.
Linked entries
v.  þunge -þungen ge-þeón þeóging þigaþ.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “þeón.” 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/31740.

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