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▪ I. † ethe, v.1 Obs.
In 1 éðian, 3 eði.
[OE. éðian:—OTeut. type *anþjôjan, related to ande.]
intr. To breathe.
a1000Greg. Dial. iv. iii. (Bosw.), Hy ealle eðiaþ [L. spirant omnia]. a1225St. Marher. 13 Leowse þi fot of mi necke..eadiest þæt ich eði mahe.
▪ II. † ethe, v.2 Obs.
[repr. OE. *ǽþan, f. áþ oath. Cf. MHG. eiden.]
trans. To ask with an oath; to adjure.
c1340Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 379 Fyrst I eþe þe, haþel, how þat þou hattes, þat þou me telle truly. Ibid. 2467 Þerfore I eþe þe, haþel, to com to þy naunt. a1400–50Alexander 340 Þe ious out he wrengis, Erne till exorzise & ethis euer elike, Þat it suld worthe as he wald. |