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þigen

  • noun [ feminine ]
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þigen, e; f.
the taking of food, partaking, eating or
drinking
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  • Ne sý him gemǽne þigen mid gebróðrum geþafod

    non permittatur ad mense communis participationem,

      R. Ben. 69, 13.

  • Ðæs hálgan húsles ðygen

    partaking of the eucharist,

      Homl. Th. i. 266, 17.

  • Se frumsceapena man wearð ádrǽfed of neorxenawanges myrhðe for ðigene ðæs forbodenan bigleofan,

      118, 25.

  • Lactuca is biter on ðigene

    lettuce is bitter in the eating,

    ii.
      278, 27.

  • Mid unálýfedre ðigene,

      332, 1.

  • Æt ðære ðigene (

    at the Passover

    ),
      280, 34.

  • Sý hé áscyred fram gemǽnre mýsan þigene

    from eating at the common table;

    a mensa,
      R. Ben, 49, 15; 70, 4.

  • Sý á on ðære þigene forhefednes

    let there ever be moderation in taking wine,

      65, 3.

  • Wið áttres ðigne,

      Lchdm. i, 150, 3.

  • His gereordes þigene hé ána underfó

    refectionem cibi solos accipiat,

      R. Ben. 49, 6: Wulfst. 284, 25: Homl. Th. ii. 98, 30.
  • Ðurh ðæs hálgan húsles þygene ús beóþ úre synna forgyfene, i. 266, 8.

  • Ðurh ánes æpples ðigene

    through eating an apple,

    ii.
      330, 33.

  • Ða oferflówendlícan ðygene

    excessive eating and drinking,

    i.
      360, 13.
what is taken, food, meat or
drink
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  • þigen

    edulium,

      Hpt. Gl. 513, 63.

  • Ðæt seó dæges þigen tófered sý and seó hǽte ðære þigene oferslegen

    ut digesti surgant,

      R. Ben. 32, 14.

  • Ne sý him nánre óðere þigene getíðod

    let him have no other food given him,

      69, 21.

  • Werede ðigene

    nectareum edulium,

      Hpt. Gl. 413, 38.

  • Ða hálgan ðigene (

    the eucharist

    ) onfón,
      Homl. Th. ii. 280, 29.

  • Heora þigne gehealdan

    to retain their food,

      Lchdm. i. 90, 12.

  • Þygne,

      8, 6.

  • Ðú ðás werðeóde wræccan láste freónda feásceaft gesóhtest þíne þearfende (þíne

    for þigne? needing food; or þíne pron. (v. þín, III) thy men being in need ),

      Cd. Th. 149, 25; Gen. 2480.

  • Fram eallum ðám þigenum ðe hracan oþþe innoþ tó miclum luste getýhþ,

      R. Ben. 138, 14.

  • Áwendan úrne swæcc fram unálýfedum, ðigenum,

      Homl. Th. ii. 374, 5.
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v. blód-þigen; þicgan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “þigen.” 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/31850.

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