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hringan

  • verb
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Wright's OE grammar
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intrans.
To give out a sound
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  • [Sal. 266: B. 327 in Dict.]
trans.
to ring a bell
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  • Dó þú mid þínum twám handum swylce þú bellan ringe,

      Tech. ii. 118, 20.
with cognate object
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  • Tácnu þænne hí hringað

    signa dum sonant,

      Angl. xiii. 392, 382.

  • Cyrcwerd hringe tá[c]n

    edituus sonet signum,

      384, 272.
to announce a time
by ringing
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  • Sý þæs abbodes gýmen þæt mon ealle tída þæs godcundan þeówdómes on rihte tíman hrincge, oþþe hé sylf ǽlce tíd getácnige, oðþe swylcum bréðer þá gýmene betǽce þe ǽlce tíd . . . mid beácne geswytelige

    nuntianda hora operis Dei sit cura abbatis, aut ipse nuntiare, aut tali fratri injungat hanc curam ut omnia compleantur,

      R. Ben. 72, 10-14.

  • Wé lǽrað ꝥ man on rihtne tíman tída ringe,

      Ll. Th. ii. 254, 5: 296, 3.
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v. ge-hringan.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “hringan.” 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/53234.

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