Of-þinen

Dictionnaire Anglo-Saxon de Bosworth & Toller - of-þinen

Selon le Dictionnaire Anglo-Saxon :

of-þinen
too moist (?) :-- Hig wǽron gemyndige ðæs tóweardan hungres ðý læs ða ofþinenan corn in brord gehwyrfden and hig forcurfon ða sǽd they (the ants) were mindful of future hunger, and lest the grains that were too moist should sprout, they bit them, Shrn. 41, 5. Cf. of-þænnan. of-þinen
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