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Mynegian

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1 mynegian

p. ode (with acc. of person and gen. of thing, or with a clause). I. to bring to one's own mind, recall :-- Dauid myngode ðæra gyfa ðe God his fædrum and his foregengum sealde, Ps. Th. 43, arg. II. to bring to another's mind, (a) to remind :-- Drihten ús ðonne myngaþ ðæs Sunnandæges weorces the Lord . will remind us then of the work done on Sunday, Wulfst. 210, 9. Mec ðæra nægla fyrwet myngaþ. Elen. Kmbl. 2156; El. 1079. Ic ðé ǽr mynegode (Cott. MS. myndgode) ðære ilcan sprǽce. Bt. 35, 3; Fox 160, 7. Hú ne mynegodest (Cott. MS. myndgodest) ðu mé ðære ilcan sprǽce, 35, 2 ; Fox 156, 14. Ic wolde ðé myngian (Gott. MS. myndgian) ðære manigfealdan láre ðe ðú mé ǽr gehéte, 40, 5 ; Fox 240, 11. Wé willaþ eów myngian, ðæt hit ne gange eów of gemynde. Homl. Th. i. 220, 3. (b) to bring a duty to the mind, to admonish, exhort :-- Eów ic mynegie vos moneo, Ælfc. Gr. 15 ; Som. 18, 3. Míne wylna ic mynegige meas ancillas moneo, 19, 6. Ic myngige and manige manna gehwylcne, Blickl. Homl. 109, 11. Ic myngie and lǽre, 107, 10. Manaþ ús and myngaþ seó ár and seó eádignes, 197, 3. Mynegaþ, 161, 3. Menegaþ. instigat. Hpt. Gl. 526, 63. Eádweard cyning myngode his wytan ðæt hý smeádon hú heora friþ betere beón mæhte, L. Ed. 4; Th. i. 160, 23. Minga hine hunc exhortare, Deut. l, 38. Ǽlc biscop ðone cyning myngige (MS. B. myndgige) ðæt ealle Godes cyrcan sýn wel behworfene, L. Edm. E; Th. i. 246, 11. Ǽnne hyndenman, ðe ða . x. mynige tó úre ealre gemǽne þearfe, L. Æðelst. to remind of a debt, to ask for payment, exigit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 81. Sǽde on heortan hys ne myngeþ (requiret). Ps. Spl. T. 9, 15. Gif hé gelómlíce þurh his bydelas his gafoles myngaþ if he by his messengers often asks for his tribute, L. Edg. S; Th. i. 270, 20. Heáhberht oft ðæs myngode, oðíe ðses landes bæd, Chart. Th. 167, 6. Se ðe nimþ ða þing ðe ðíne synt ne mynega ðú hyra (ne repetas), Lk. Skt. 6, 30. III. to have in the mind, to purpose, intend, determine :-- Menegiaþ, hogiaþ conati sumus, decreivimus, Hpt. Gl. 527, 66. [A, R. munegen: Marh. munegin;Laym. munegie; Piers P. munge, menewe : O. H. Ger. bi-munigón.]
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ᛗᚣᚾᛖᚷᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Ger.
German
L.
Latin
O. H. Ger.
Old High German

Works & Authors

Bt.
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
El.
Elene (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Fox
Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Gr.
Ælfric's Grammar
Lk.
Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
R.
Riddles (Exeter Book)
Som.
Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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