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eácnian
/ea:tʃnian /*
Morphological Analysis
Wordclass: Verb
Verb Class: Weak
This might be just a supplemental entry adding to an entry in the Main Volume.
eácnian
. Add: I. to add :-- Þrý eácan synd þe man eácnað tó sumum casum, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 107, 3. II. to conceive, be pregnant :-- Ðá Maria eácnigende wæs, Hml. Th. i. 42, 2. Ðá eácniendan wíf praegnantes, Past. 366, 9. Wá eácniendum vae praegnantibus, Mt.24, 19. III. to produce, bring forth :-- Eacnað parturiet, Kent. Gl. 341. Eácniendra and elniendra æcera, Lch. i. 402, 5. [Þe beggere ecneð his bode the buyer increases his offer, O. E. Hml. ii. 213, 30. R. Glouc. ekni. Goth. auknan to be increased.] v. bearn-eacnigende, -eácnod.
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eácnian
, eácnigan, eánían; part. -iende, -igende; p. ode, ade To increase, to be augmented, to become pregnant, to bring forth; augēri, concipĕre, parturīre :-- Ellen eácnade the fortitude increased, Exon. 94 b; Th. 353, 51; Reim. 31: Ps. Spl. 7, 15. Eácniende wíf muliĕrem prægnantem, Ex. 21, 22. DER. ge-eácnian, to-ge-. v. eánian.
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