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GRINDAN

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
GRINDAN, gryndan; part. grindende, ic grinde, grynde, ðú grintst, grinst, he grint, pl. grindaþ; p. ic, he grand, grond, ðú grunde, pl. grundon; pp. grunden
Wright's OE grammar
§498;
To GRIND, grind together, rub, rub together; molere, commolere, terere, frendere, allidi, collidi
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  • Ic seah searo grindan wið greóte

    I saw a machine grind against the dust,

      Exon. 108 b; Th. 414, 30; Rä. 33, 4.
  • Ic grynde

    molo,

      Ælfc. Gr. 28, 3; Som. 31, 3.
  • Ic grinde

    commolo,

      Ælfc. Gl. 36; Wrt. Voc. 28, 77.
  • Ðú grinst

    thou grindest,

      Homl. Th. i. 488, 25.
  • Se hæruflota grond wið greóte

    the floater of the surge [the ship] ground against the gravel,

      Exon. 52 a; Th. 182, 12; Gú. 1309.
  • Hí grundon ofer me mid tóðum heard

    frenduerunt super me dentibus suis,

      Ps. Spl. 34, 19: Andr. Kmbl. 746; An. 373.
  • Twi beóþ æt cwyrne grindende, án byþ genumen, and óðer byþ lǽfed

    duæ molentes in mola, una assumetur, et una relinquetur,

      Mt. Bos. 24, 41: L. Ethb. 11; Th. i. 6, 6.
  • Sume ðara munecena cómon to grindanne

    some of the nuns came to grind,

      Th. Chart. 447. 1.
Derived forms
DER. be-, for-, ge-grindan.
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