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éhtan, éhtian.
Wright's OE grammar
§47; §118; §163; §530;
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  • Éhtende

    insectatum,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 8.
to pursue an enemy, a criminal
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  • Ic éhtige fýnd míne

    persequor inimicos meos,

      Ps. L. 17, 38.

  • For ðǽm mín mon éht þe ic bodige ymb ðone tóhopan deádra monna ǽristes

    de spe et resurrections mortuorum judicor,

      Past. 362, 3.

  • Hé férde and éhte þǽra hǽþenra and mid ealle ádrǽfde,

      Hml. S. 25, 244.

  • Þá Egyptiscan þe hira ǽr éhton,

      Ex. 14, 31.

  • Gif ǽnig man Godes ciricgrið ábrece . . . éhte his ǽlc þára þe Godes fréond sí,

      Ll. Th. i. 340, 8.

  • Ðý lǽs hwelc ðára niéhstena his éhte (

    persequatur

    ) and gefoo,
      Past. 167, 4.

  • Engel éhtiende hig

    angelus persequens eos,

      Ps. L. 34, 6.

  • Éhtendum

    insequente, i. persequente,

      An. Ox. 4749.

  • Éhtende

    persequente,

      Kent. Gl. 1042.
to chase an animal
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  • Æteówde án ormǽte heort . . . Placidas him geornlíce æfter férde . . . Placidas stód . . . and áblan his ǽhtan . . . 'Eálá Placida, hwí éhtest þú mín?',

      Hml. S. 30, 28-45. II a. of animals :--
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to assail, attack,
with weapons
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  • Hié his wǽran swíðe éhtende ge mid scotum ge mid stána torfungum,

      Ors. 3, 9; S. 134, 14. (1 a) of an animal :--
    Gyf his nǽdre éhte, Lch. iii. 168, 19.
with words, abuse, reproaches
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  • Tó hwon éhtest þú þás men?,

      Bl. H. 175, 23.

  • Þá þe hí yrre gesáwene beóð éhtan and wítnian

    quos irati insequi uidentur,

      Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 67, 11.
of things
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  • Ðeáhhine óhtan (=éhtan?) ealle ðá yfela and ealle ðá brógan,

      Sal. K. p. 84, 11.
to persecute, act with malevolence towards
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  • Ic éhtige

    infesto,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 34.

  • Ofsláð and oéhteð (oehtad biðon, L.)

    occident et persequentur,

      Lk. R. 11, 49.

  • Mið ðý oehtas iúch (eówer héhtende beóþan, R.)

    cum persecuti uos fuerint,

      Mt. L. 5, 11.

  • Þá þe éhtiað mé,

      Ps. L. 34, 3.

  • Éhte ł éhtigende is (

    persecutus est

    ) feónd sáwle míne,
      142, 3.

  • Hig éhton ł hig éhtegende wǽron,

      68, 27.

  • Saulus, hwæt éhtesðú mé? ic eom Ihs þone þú ehtest,

      Shrn. 58, 29.

  • Gif mec oehtende (-o,

      L.)
    wérun and iówih hiá oehtadun, Jn. R. 15, 20.

  • Rómáne crístenra monna éhton,

      Ors. 6, 6; S. 262, 11.

  • Hé hét crístenra monna éhtan

    ad persequendos Christianos feralia dispersit edicta,

      6, 22; S. 274, 4.

  • Þá éhtegende mé,

      Ps. L. 118, 150.

  • Fram éhtiendum mé,

      30, 16.

  • Oehtigendum,

      141, 7.

  • Éhtendum (oehtendum,

      L.), Mt. R. 5, 44.

  • Oehtendum

    adversantibus,

      Rtl. 176, 33.
Etymology
[O. Sax. áhtian: O. H. Ger. áhten persequi, insectari.]
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v. á-, ge-, oþ-éhtan (-ian).
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Bosworth, Joseph. “éhtan.” 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/43915.

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