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un-ǽmtigan

  • verb [ uncertain ]
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un-ǽmtigan, un-ǽmtigian
to prevent a person being at leisure, to deprive of leisure
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  • Ne lyste ðé wífes ðe ðé on nánum þincgum ne ábysige ne ðé ne unǽmtige tó ðínum wyllan

    do not you desire a wife that may worry you in nothing, and may not prevent you being at leisure to follow your own will,

    • Shrn. 183, 12.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “un-ǽmtigan.” 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/32522.

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