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eácian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
eácian, p. ode
Wright's OE grammar
§31;
To increase (intrans.)
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  • Hé him eác gesægð hú ðǽm monnum ðe him mægen and cræft wiexð, hú him eác hwílum eákiað æfter ðǽm mægenum ðá costunga

    crescente virtule plerumque bella tentationis augentur,

      Past. 163, 8.
  • Ðonne hié geseóð ðára óðerra gesǽlða eáciende

    dum augmenta alienae prosperitatis aspiciunt,

      231, 19.
Etymology
[Cf. O. H. Ger. auhón augere: Icel. auka; p. aði.]
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