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dihtian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
dihtian, p. ode
To dictate,
what is to be done
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  • Seó lufu ꝥ gemet þǽre þreáunge dihtað (

    dictat

    ),
      Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 67, 13.
what is to be written
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  • In þám folclárum þe ic wrát and dihtode,

      Gr. D. 290, 11.
  • Se Drihtnes wer him tó gehét his wrítere and him dihtode (

    dictavit

    ) þus cweðende,
      193, 22.
  • Se Hálga Gást dihtode ealle þá þing þe hálige men writon,

      Bl. H. 133, 1.
  • Dihtade

    instigavit,

      Lk. p. 2, 6.
Etymology
[Lat. dictare.]
Linked entries
v.  dihtan dihtere.
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