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dihtere

  • noun [ masculine ]
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dihtere, dihtnere,es; m.
An informant, expounder, disposer, manager, steward; auctor, commentātor, expŏsĭtor, dispensātor
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  • Ic wríte swá me ða dihteras sǽdon ðe his líf geornost cúðon

    I write as the informants who knew his life most accurately told me,

    • Guthl. prol
    • ;
    • Gdwin. 4,
    • 23;
    • 6,
    • 8.
  • Dihtere

    commentātor, expŏsĭtor,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 49
    • ;
    • Som. 65,
    • 86;
    • Wrt. Voc. 34,
    • 18.
  • Dihtnere

    dispensātor,

    • 33
    • ;
    • Som. 62,
    • 29;
    • Wrt. Voc. 28,
    • 12.
  • Hwá ys getrýwe and gleáw dihtnere, ðæne se hláford geset ofer his híréd

    quis est fidēlis dispensātor, et prudens, quem constĭtuet Domĭnus supra famĭliam suam?

    • Lk. Bos. 12, 42: Homl. Th. ii. 344,
    • 5.
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v.  dihtnere.
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