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macung

(n.)
Grammar
macung, e; f.

Making ⬩ doing ⬩ action

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Making, doing, action Þurh ðes macunge mǽst se eorl Rotbert ðises geáres ðis land mid unfriþe gesóhte it was mostly his doing that Earl Robert attacked this country in the course of this year, Chr. 1101; Erl. 238, 1

spryttan

(v.)
Grammar
spryttan, p. te

To sprout ⬩ spring ⬩ germinate ⬩ To put forth a shoot ⬩ bring forth fruit ⬩ to incite

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Th. ii. 90, 18. to incite (cf. þurh þes (Ranulf's) macunge and tóspryttinge se eorl pis land mid unfriðe gesóhte,) (Chr. 1101; Erl. 238, 1) Sprytte instigavit, Anglia xiii. 36, 245. Ðá sprytte se deófol ðæt folc tó his (Christ's) siege, Homl.

Linked entries: tó-sprytting sprýtan

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