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mǽnan

  • verb
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mǽnan, to lament. I.
Wright's OE grammar
§134; §530;
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  • Mǽnes

    (plangent)

    alle cynno eorðes,
      Mt. L. 24, 30.

  • Mǽnæ

    lugere,

      9, 15.

  • Mǽnende

    tumultuantem (turbam),

    23.

  • Mǽnende

    (dolentes)

    wé sóhton ðec,
      Lk. L. 2, 48.

  • Woepende and mǽnende (-iende, L. )

    flentes et heiulantes,

      Mk. R. 5, 38.

  • Mǽnendeand woepende

    lugentes et flentes,

      16, 10.
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  • Hé wépende mǽnde þá unáre þe mon him búton gewyrhton dyde

    deplorans injurias suas

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      Ors. 5, 12; S. 240, 9.

  • Giweópun alle and mǽndun ðá ilca

    flebant omnes et plangebant illam

    ,
      Lk. R. L. 8, 52.

  • Hé wæs mænende þá dǽd mid micle wópe

    flevit,

      Ors. 5, 12 ; S. 242, 19.
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v. ge-mǽnan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “mǽnan.” 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/54968.

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