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méðian

  • verb [ weak ]
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to grow weary
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  • Wið miclum gonge ofer land ... mucgwyrt nime him on hand oððe dó on his scó ðý læs hé méðige

    for much walking over the country ... let him take mugwort into his hand, or put it into his shoe, lest he grow weary,

    • L. M. 1, 86
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 154, 10.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. muodén fatiscere, lassari
:
cf. Icel. mœða to weary, trouble.
]
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Cf. geméðgian.
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