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þǽnan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
þǽnan, p. de
To moisten
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  • Gif tó stíð sié; þǽn (printed þæm;

    but see

    geþǽn mid hunige,
      144, 1)
    mid ðý hunige, Lchdm. ii. 108, 17.
  • Þénda smerwunga wyrce of ele

    make moist smearings of oil,

      182, 16.
Etymology
[Halliwell gives thean moist, damp, as a Westmoreland word; and Jamieson has thain, thane with the same meaning.]
Similar entries
v. of-þænnan (read -þǽnan; the form ofþǽne is subjunctive, not imperative), þínan, þwǽnan, þán, þánian.
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v.  þénda.
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