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andettan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
andettan, andetan, ondettan, ondetan; p. and-ette [and = Lat. re, contra; Grk. ἀντί; hátan to command, promise]
To confess, acknowledge, give thanks or praise; fateri, confiteri
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  • Gif he wille and cunne his dǽda andettan

    if he will and can confess his deeds,

    • L. De. Cf. 2; Th. ii. 260, 18, 16
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  • Ic andette Ælmihtigum Gode

    I confess to Almighty God,

    • 6; Th. ii. 262, 20
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  • Seó andetnes ðe we Gode ánum andettaþ, déþ hió us ðæt to góde

    the confession that we confess to God alone, it doth this for our good,

    • L. E. I. 30; Th. ii. 426, 33
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  • Drihtne andette

    confitebatur Domino,

    • Lk. Bos. 2, 38
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  • Folc ðé andetten

    confiteantur, tibi populi,

    • Ps. Th. 66, 5
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  • Ealra godena Gode andettaþ

    confitemini Domino omnium dominorum,

    • 135, 28
      • .
Etymology
[
O. Sax. and-hétan, ant-hétan præcipere, vovere
:
O. H. Ger. ant-heizan proponere, spondere, polliceri, vovere
.]
Derived forms
ge-andettan, -ondettan, -an, -la, -nes, -ta, -tere, -ting
Linked entries
v.  andetere andættan andetan andettean andetting and-hétan and-yttan ge-andettan.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “andettan.” 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/1685.

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