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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *andhaitan, from Proto-Germanic *andahaitaną, equivalent to and- (“against, back”) + hātan (“to command, promise”). Cognate with Old Saxon andhētan (“to teach, vow, promise”), Old High German antheizan (“to declare, pledge, promise”), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (andhaitan, “to acknowledge, confess”).
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andettan
- to admit, confess
- to acknowledge
- c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Nativity of our Lord"
Eala hú rihtlice hí andetton þone halgan geleafan mid þisum wordum, "On frymðe wæs wórd, and þæt word wæs mid Gode, and þæt wórd wæs God"!- O how rightly they acknowledged the holy faith with these words, "In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and that word was God"!
- c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Nativity of our Lord"
Þa ferde Ioseph, Cristes foster-fæder, fram Galileiscum earde, of ðære byrig Nazareð, to Iudeiscre byrig, seo wæs Dauides, and wæs geciged Bethleém, forðan ðe hé wæs of Dauides mægðe, and wolde andettan mid Marían hire gebyrde, þe wæs þa gýt bearn-eaca.- Then Joseph, the foster-father of Christ, went from the land of Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to the Jewish city, which was of David, and was called Bethlehem, because he was of the tribe of David, and would acknowledge with Mary her birth, who was then great with child.
- to give thanks for, praise, give recognition to
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