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under-hnígan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
under-hnígan, p. -hnáh; pl. -hnigon; pp. -hnigen.
to descend beneath, go lower than a place
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  • Grundum ic hríne, helle underhníge, heofonas oferstíge,

    • Exon. Th. 482, 23
      • ;
    • Rä. 67, 6.

  • Hwílum ýða ic sceal underhnígan,

    • 386, 29
      • ;
    • Rä. 4, 69.
to submit to what is laborious or painful, be subjected to evil, undergo punishment, etc.,
Grammar
under-hnígan, with acc. of that which is undergone
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  • Ðonne hí ða scandlícan lustas ðisses middangeardes mid hira módes willan underhnígaþ

    cum turpi hujus mundi desiderio humanae mentis voluntas substernitur,

    • Past. 52
      • ;
    • Swt. 405, 3.

  • For intingan hérsumnesse ic háten geþafode ðæt ic ðone hád underhnáh (-nágh, S. 566, 8) þeáh ðe ic unwyrðe wǽre

    obedientiae causa jussus subire hoc quamvis indignus consensi,

    • Bd. 4, 2
      • ;
    • M. 260, 8.

  • Hí underhnigon ðone hwílendlícan deáþ

    mortem subiere temporalem,

    • 4, 16
      • ;
    • S. 584, 37.

  • Hé underhníge menniscne þeówdóm

    se humano servitio subjiciat,

    • L. Ecg. P. Addit. 18
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 234, 24.

  • Ic eom nýded ðæt ic sceal hraþe deáþ underhnígan

    ad articulum subeundae mortis compellor,

    • Bd. 3, 13
      • ;
    • S. 538, 26.

  • Beheáfdunge underhnígan

    capitalem sententiam subire,

    • Hpt. Gl. 477, 74.
Grammar
under-hnígan, with dat.
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  • Sixtus underhnáh swurdes ecge, and his twégen diáconas samod,

    • Homl. Th. i. 420, 17.

  • Hé ðam deáðe underhnáh and ðone deófol oferswýðde,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 16, 115.

  • Regolícore stýre hé underhníge

    disciplinae regulari subjaceat,

    • R. Ben. Interl, 19, 1.

  • Ðonne sceal hé underhnígan ðære steóre regollícre láre,

    • R. Ben. 16, 4.

  • Hí sceoldon underhnígan nacodum swurde,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 5, 28.

  • Hét se réða cwellere hine underhnígan swurdes ecge,

    • Homl. Th. i. 428, 8.
Grammar
under-hnígan, case uncertain
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  • Hé sáres wite underhníhð

    doloris poenae succumbit,

    • Scint. 12, 9.

  • Ðú galgan underhnige,

    • Anglia xii. 506, 1.

  • Nyste heora nán on hwæs tíman hé ðrowunge underhnige,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 506, 31.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “under-hnígan.” 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/32808.

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