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eahtan

  • verb
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to estimate, appreciate
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  • Wile fæder eahtan hú gesunde suna sáwle bringen of þám éðle þe hí on lifdon

    the father will estimate how sound the sons bring their souls from the land where they lived,

      Cri. 1074.
  • Þæt wé magon eahtan (

    this point we can appreciate

    ) ... þæt se sáwle weard lífes wísdóm forloren hæbbe, sé þe nú ne giémeð hwæðer his gǽst sié earm þe eádig, 1550.
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v. eahtian.
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v.  eahtend.
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