p. ic, he [dihtde = ] dihte, dyhte, pl. dihton; pp. dihted; I. to set in order, dispose, arrange, appoint, direct, compose; parāre, dispōnĕre, instruĕre, constituĕre, compōnĕre :-- Abram ðá dyde, swá swá him dyhte Sarai Abraham then did as Sarah arranged, Gen. 16, 3: Jn. Bos. 18, 14. Ic eów dihte, swá mín Fæder me ríce dihte ego dispōno vobis, sīcut dispŏsuit mihi pater meus regnum, Lk. Bos. 22, 29. Ðǽr se Hǽlend heom dihte ubi constituĕrat illis Iesus, Mt. Bos. 28, 16: 25, 19. II. to order, dictate, indite; dirĭgĕre, dictāre :-- Hí didon ðá, swá swá him dihte Iosue then they did as Joshua ordered them, Jos. 8, 8. Drihten dihte him hwæt he dón sceolde Domĭnus omnia opĕra ejus dirĭgēbat, Gen. 39, 23. [Wyc. diting an inditing, writing: Piers P. Chauc. dighte to dispose: Laym. dihte, dihten to rule, dispose, indite: Plat. tichten to fix, appoint, dispose: Dut. Ger. dichten carmĭna compōnĕre: Kil. dichten dictāre: M. H. Ger. tihten fingĕre: O. H. Ger. dihtón dictāre: Dan. digte to make poems: Swed. dikta to fable, feign: Icel. dikta to compose, feign: Lat. dictāre to dictate.] DER. a-dihtan, ge-. dihtan