Týnan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Týnan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: Halliw. Dict.),

Definitions

1 týnan

p. de To teen, tine (close. I. to fence, enclose :-- Me mæig on sumera týnan, Anglia ix. 261, 11. Gif ceotlas gærstún hæbben gemǽnne oþþe óðer gedálland tó týnanne, and hæbben sume getýned hiora dǽl, sume næbben, L. In. 42; Th. i. 128, 6. II. to close, shut a door, book :-- Miððý hígna fæder týneþ ðæt duro cum paterfamilias cluserit ostium, Lk. Skt. Lind. 13, 25. Ðonne týnde hé his béc clauso codice, Bd. 4, 3; S. 569, 10. Miððý ða duro uérun týndo cum fores essent clausae. Jn. Skt. Lind. 20, 19. III. to close a place, prevent entrance into a place, shut up :-- Gié týndon ríc heofna clauditis regnum coelorum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 23, 13. IIIa. to prevent a person granting access to others (?), render a person inaccessible :-- Týne hine Dryhten ðam ðe sár sprece sáwle mínre may the Lord shut His heart to him that speaks evil against my soul, Ps. Th. 108, 20. IV. to close, conclude, bring to an end :-- Se hálga Willfriþ æfter .xldiem clausit extremam,) Bd. 5, 19; S. 636, 43. [An ancre nule nout tunen hire eiðurles aȝein deað of helle, A.R. 62, 17. Þa ȝæten heo tunden uaste, Laym. 15320. Tynyn sepio; tynyd or hedgydde septus, Prompt. ParO. Frs. be-téna: O. Du. tuinen: O.H. Ger. zúnen sepire: Ger. zäunen.]

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ᛏᚣᚾᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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