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fægnian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Wright's OE grammar
§223; §536; §643;
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to rejoice, exult.
absolute
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  • Ic fægnige and þé herige

    exaltabo te,

    • Ps. Th. 29, 1
    • .
  • Fægnian ealle on écnesse

    omnes in aeternum exultabunt,

    • 5, 12
    • .
  • Cómon ealle . . . swíðe fægengende,

    • Chr. 1069
    • ;
    • P. 204, 17.
with cause of joy,
in gen.
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  • fægnode (fægenode, v. l.) ðæs miclan weorces

    dum magna se fecisse gauderet,

    • Past. 39, 14
    • .
  • fægnode Godes fultumes,

    • Ps. Th. 4, arg
    • .
  • fægnode his tócymes,

    • Hml. S. 18, 77
    • :
    • 26, 60
    • .
  • Ic lǽre ꝥ ðú fægenige óþerra manna gódes,

    • Bt. 30, 1
    • ;
    • F. 108, 30
    • .
  • Ðæt hié fægenigen (fægenien, v. l.) óðra monna gódra weorca

    ut alienis bonis congaudeant,

    • Past. 229, 13
    • .
  • Ðæs gódes his níhstena hé sceal fægnian (fagenian, v. l.)

    in bonis proximi laetatur,

    • 61, 17
    • .
  • Fagnian,

    • Hml. Th. i. 88, 2
    • .
by clause
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  • fægniaþ ꝥ gé móton sceppan þone naman,

    • Bt. 16, 4
    • ;
    • F. 56, 24
    • .
  • fægnodon ꝥ heó wæs þám bréþer gelíc,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 32, 32
    • .
  • Ic wolde fægnian mid swíþe ungemetlice gefeán . . . ꝥ ic hit móste geseón.

    • Bt. 34, 9
    • ;
    • F. 146, 11
    • .
with gen. of pronoun and clause
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  • Heó fægnað (fagenaþ, v. l.) þæs þæt heó mót brúcan þæs heofonlican,

    • Bt. 18, 4
    • ;
    • F. 68, 16
    • .
  • fægniaþ þæs ꝥ hé heora wealt,

    • 39, 13
    • ;
    • F. 234, 29
    • .
  • Ðeáh hé þæs fægnige ꝥ hé his naman brǽden,

    • 30, 1
    • ;
    • F. 108, 11
    • .
with prep.
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  • Ic fægnie on þínre hǽlo

    exultabo in salutari tuo,

    • Ps. Th. 9, 14
    • .
  • Ðý lǽs for ðǽm giefum his mód fægnige

    ne in oblato munere animus hilarescat,

    • Past. 321, 24
    • .
  • Ðý lǽs hé tó ungemetlíce fægenige (faegnige, v. l.) for his gódum weorcum

    ne in benefactis immoderatius gaudeant,

    • 323, 6
    • .
  • Þæt hé on his gesundfulnysse fægnige,

    • Hml. Th. i. 584, 6
    • .
to make a movement that expresses joy.
of persons
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  • Þá fahnude (fægnode, v. l.)

    (exultavit in gaudio)

    mín cild on mínum innoðe,

    • Lk. 1, 44
    • :
    • Shrn. 95, 17
    • .
  • Fægnian mid folmum

    plaudere,

    • Ps. Th. 97, 8
    • .
of animals
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  • Cerverus ongan fægenian mid his steorte,

    • Bt. 35, 6
    • ;
    • F. 168, 17.
  • Ongan seó leó fægnian wið þæs ealdan weard, and hine mid his leoþum styrgendum grétte

    the lion came towards the old man fawning, and with its limbs quivering greeted him,

    • Hml. S. 23 b, 777
    • .
to receive with pleasure, welcome
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  • Se cyng cwæð ꝥ hé ꝥ lustlíce fægnian wolde

    the king said that he would welcome such a proposal with pleasure,

    • Lch. iii. 426, 30
    • .
Etymology
[v.
N. E. D. fain, fawn.
Goth. faginón
:
O. Sax. faganón
:
O. H. Ger. faginón, feginon
:
Icel. fagna.
]
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