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tealtrian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
tealtrian, p. ode
To shake, totter, stagger, be unsteady, to be in an uncertain or a precarious condition
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  • tealtrigaþ týdran móde hwearfiaþ heánlíce

    we move with uncertain step and feeble mind, wander abjectly,

    • Exon. Th. 23, 19;
    • Cri. 371.
  • Ðý læs ðe ðæt eásterlíce gesceád tealtrige

    lest the calculation of Easter be untrustworthy,

    • Anglia viii. 308, 4.
  • Tealtrian mid fótum to stagger,

    • Dial. 1, 4 (Lye).
  • Ðý læs se steall cyricean tealtrian (taltrigan, Bd. M.) ongunne

    ne status ecclesiae vacillare inciperet,

    • Bd. 2, 4;
    • S. 505, 11.
  • Tealtrian

    vacillare, titubare,

    • Hpt. Gl. 529, 73.
  • Tealtriendum ł gliddriendum

    nutabundis,

    • 503, 3.
  • Fela óþera gesynto ða ðe him tealtriende (taltriendum, Bd. M.) gelumpon

    alia quae periclitanti ei contigissent prospera,

    • Bd. 4, 22;
    • S. 592, 21.
  • Tealniende (tealtriende?, tealtiende?)

    nutantes,

    • Ps. Lamb. 108, 10.
Etymology
[v. Skeat's Dict. s.v. totter.]
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v.  tealtian.
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