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  • Heó andette

    fatebatur,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 48.
to confess what one has done wrong
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  • Hé andette and cwæð, 'Sóðlíce ic syngode,' Jos. 7, 20.
to confess, admit the truth of a charge, unfavourable statement, &c.
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  • Ic andette þæt hig cómon tó mé

    fateor, venerunt ad me,

      Jos. 2, 4.
to confess a person (v. andettere),
acknowledge excellence in something
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  • Ǽlc ðǽra de mé andet ætforan mannum, ic andette hine ætforan mínum Fæder,

      Hml. Th. ii. 558, 27.

  • Ondettigað heofenas wundur ðín,

      Ps. Srt. 88, 6.
to make acknowledgement of a benefit to a person,
to give thanks, praise to
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  • Þeós Drihtne andette and be him spræc,

      Lk. 2, 38.

  • Ondettigen ðé (

    tibi

    ) folc, ondettien ðé folc,
      Ps. Srt. 66, 4.
  • Ondette (-ie), 6.

  • Onditien Dryhtne wundur his bearnum monna

    oh that men would praise the Lord for his wonderful works to the children of men,

      106, 31.
to confess a purpose,
to promise, vow
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  • Wæs hé swá swýþe onbryrded, þæt hé andette Gode, gif hé him ðæs mergendæges geunnan wolde, þæt hé his þeów beón wolde,

      Guth. 14, 27.
Etymology
[Goth. and-haitan to confess, profess.]
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v. un-andet.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “andettan.” 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/38608.

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