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dihtan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
dihtan, ic dihte; p. ic, he [dihtde = ] dihte, dyhte, pl. dihton; pp. dihted ; v. a.
to set in order, dispose, arrange, appoint, direct, compose; parāre, dispōnĕre, instruĕre, constituĕre, compōnĕre
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  • Abram ðá dyde, swá swá him dyhte Sarai

    Abraham then did as Sarah arranged,

    • Gen. 16, 3: Jn. Bos. 18,
      • 14.

  • Ic eów dihte, swá mín Fæder me ríce dihte

    ego dispōno vobis, sīcut dispŏsuit mihi pater meus regnum,

    • Lk. Bos. 22,
      • 29.

  • Ðǽr se Hǽlend heom dihte

    ubi constituĕrat illis Iesus,

    • Mt. Bos. 28, 16: 25,
      • 19.
to order, dictate, indite; dirĭgĕre, dictāre
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  • Hí didon ðá, swá swá him dihte Iosue

    then they did as Joshua ordered them,

    • Jos. 8,
      • 8.

  • Drihten dihte him hwæt he dón sceolde

    Domĭnus omnia opĕra ejus dirĭgēbat,

    • Gen. 39,
      • 23.
Etymology
[
Wyc. diting an inditing, writing:
Piers P. Chauc. dighte to dispose:
Laym. dihte, dihten to rule, dispose, indite:
Plat. tichten to fix, appoint, dispose:
Dut. Ger. dichten carmĭna compōnĕre:
Kil. dichten dictāre:
M. H. Ger. tihten fingĕre:
O. H. Ger. dihtón dictāre:
Dan. digte to make poems:
Swed. dikta to fable, feign:
Icel. dikta to compose, feign:
Lat. dictāre to dictate
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Derived forms
a-dihtan, ge-
Linked entries
v.  a-dihtan ge-dihtan dyhte.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “dihtan.” 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/7696.

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