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á-þenian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Of motion or direction in a line,
to stretch out, extend
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  • Ic áðennu gescóe mín

    exlendam calciamenlum meum,

      Ps. Srt. 59, 10 : 107, 10.

  • Hí áþenedon up heora handa tó Gode,

      Hml. S. 30, 425.

  • Án fýren swer stód up áþenod oð heofonan,

      3, 500.

  • Mid áðenedum earmum,

      Hml. Th. i. 372, 19.
to stretch by pulling:
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  • -- Ráp tó swíðe áðened,

      Past. 459, 8.
fig.
to extend notice, direct attention, effort,
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  • Ðæt ne áðennen rehtwíse tó unrehtwísnesse hond hara.

    (extendant)

      Ps. Srt. 124, 3.

  • Ðæt mód bið ádened suíðe heálíce tó ðé,

      Past. 85, 25.

  • Áðened on ðá lufan Godes,

      87, 15.

  • Sié hé up áðened mid ðǽre godcundan foresceáwunge,

      97, 23 : 99, 9.

  • Heora willa tó nánum óþrum þingum nis áðenod búton tó gífernesse.

    • Bt. 31, l
      • ;
    • F. 112, 7.
to extend, prolong
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  • Nú wylle wé furðor úre sprǽce áþenian,

      Angl. viii. 309, 25.
to spread out, extend superficially
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  • Ic áþenige

    oppando,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 33.

  • Wé áðennað honda úre.

    (expandimus)

    • Ps. Srt
      • ;
    • 43, 21.

  • Hé áðenode (-ðeneð, Ps. Srt.) genipu

    expandit nubem,

      Ps. Spl. 104, 37.

  • Þá áþenedon (-odon, v. l.) hí geteld ofer

    extento desuper papilione,

    • Bd. 4, 19
      • ;
    • Sch. 447, 19.

  • Áðennendeheofon swé swé fel.

    (extendens)

      Ps. Srt. 103, 3.

  • Áþened

    oppansum,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 63, 66:

    distenta .i. extenta,

      141, 22.
to stretch out, prostrate:--
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  • Þá áþenede se biscop hine in cruce

    incubuit precious antistes,

    • Bd. 4, 29
      • ;
    • Sch.530, 1.

  • Sceal hé beforan him hine áþenian

    coram eo se prosternere debebit,

      Ll. Th. ii. 130, 34.

  • Hé hine hét áþenian on írenum bedde,

      Shrn. 116, 2.
of a space of time:
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  • -- Þá þrý dagas wǽron bútan sunnan and mónan ... gelícere wǽgan mid leóhte and þeóstrum áþenede,

    (the first three)

      Lch. iii. 234, 6.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. ar-dennen extendere, expandere, prosternere.
]
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v.  on-þenian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “á-þenian.” 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/39186.

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