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ge-weorþan

  • verb [ strong ]
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ge-weorþan, -wiorþan, -wurþan, -wyrþan; he -weorþeþ, -weorþ, pl. -weorpaþ; p. ic, he -wearþ, ðú -wurde, pl. -wurdon; subj. pres. -weorþe, pl. -weorþen; p. -wurde, pl. -wurden; pp. -worden.
to be, be made, become, happen; fiĕri
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  • Hú mágon ðás þing ðus geweorþan

    quomŏdo possunt hæc fiĕri?

    • Jn. Bos. 3, 9
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    • Elen. Kmbl. 909
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    • El. 456
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  • Ne séc ðú þurh hlytas hú ðé geweorþan scyle

    seek not by lots how it is to happen to thee,

    • rov. Kmbl. 32
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  • geweorþeþ ðæt

    how happeneth that?

    • Salm. Kmbl. 684
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    • Sal, 341
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    • Andr. Kmbl. 2872
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    • An. 1439
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  • Gif feaxfang geweorþ

    if there be a taking hold of the hair,

    • L. Ethb. 33
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    • Th. i. 12, 3
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  • Ealle gesceafte forhte geweorþaþ

    all creatures shall tremble,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2298
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    • An. 1502
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  • He gewyrþ micelre mǽgþe

    he shall become a great nation,

    • Gen. 21, 18
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  • Ðes sige gewearþ Punicum

    this victory happened to the Carthaginians,

    • Ors. 4, 6
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    • Bos. 85, 23
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  • Ic his módor gewearþ

    I have become his mother,

    • Exon. 11 a
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    • Th. 13, 30
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    • Cri. 210
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    • 9 a
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    • Th. 6, 33
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    • Cri. 93
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  • Ðu ðissum hysse hold gewurde

    thou hast been gracious to this man,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1100
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    • An. 550
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  • Sió fǽhþ gewearþ gewrecen wráþlíce

    the quarrel was wrothfully avenged,

    • Beo. Th. 6115
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    • B. 3061
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    • Exon. 33 b
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    • Th. 107, 26
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    • Gú. 64
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    • Chr. 592
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    • Erl. 19, 34
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  • Gewurdon manige wundor on manegum landum

    many wonders happened in many lands,

    • Ors. 5, 10
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    • Bos, 108, 16
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  • Ðæt me Meotud moncynnes milde geweorþe

    that the Lord of mankind be merciful to me,

    • Exon. 75 b
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    • Th. 282, 23
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    • Jul. 667
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    • 78 b
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    • Th. 294, 19
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    • Cra. 17
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  • Ðeáh mín bán and blód bútú geweorþen eorþan to eácan

    though my bones and blood both become an increase to earth,

    • 38 a
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    • Th. 125, 9
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    • Gú. 351
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  • Saga, hú ðæt gewurde

    say how that happened,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1115
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    • An. 558
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    • Exon. 11 a
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    • Th. 15, 19
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    • Cri. 238
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  • Ðæt word wæs flǽsc geworden

    verbum căro factum est,

    • Jn. Bos. 1, 14
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    • Homl. Th. i. 40, 17
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    • Cd. 219
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    • Th. 282, 5
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    • Sat. 282
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    • 223
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    • Th. 293, 10
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    • Sat. 453
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  • Wæs onlíce bí hig geworden [swá bí Zachariam] gewearþ and bí Elizabeþ his wífe

    it had happened with them as it happened with Zacharias and his wife Elizabeth,

    • Shrn. 36, 12
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  • We geségon windas and wǽgas forhte gewordne

    we saw winds and waves become fearful,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 913
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    • An. 457
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v. impers.
cum acc. To happen, come to pass, befall, come together, agree, be agreeable; contingĕre, evĕnīre, convĕnīre, plăcēre
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  • Ne mihte hí betwih him geþwǽrian and geweorþan

    they might not accord and agree among themselves,

    • Bd. 4, 4
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    • S. 571, 2
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    • Cd. 81
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    • Th. 101, 32
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    • Gen. 169, 1
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  • gewearþ ðé ðæs

    how doth this befall thee?

    • Andr. Kmbl. 613
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    • An. 307
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    • Jud. 16, 21
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  • Me gewearþ

    convĕnior,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 37
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    • Som. 39, 6
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  • gewearþ, ðæt hý woldan to Rómánum friþes wilnian

    they agreed that they would seek peace from the Romans,

    • Ors. 4, 6
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    • Bos. 86, 17
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    • 5, 10
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    • Bos. 108, 29
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    • 6, 30
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    • Bos. 126, 24
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    • Gen. 20, 13
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  • Ðá hí nánre sibbe gewearþ

    when they could not agree upon any terms of peace,

    • Ors. 4, 11
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    • Bos. 97, 19
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  • Ðeáh ðe Rómáne hæfde geworden ðæt ...

    though the Romans had agreed that...,

    • 4, 12
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    • Bos. 98, 43
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  • Hú ðone cumbolwígan hæfde geworden

    how it had befallen the warrior,

    • Judth. 12
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    • Thw. 25, 15
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    • Jud. 260
    • .
cum dat
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  • Ðá gewearþ ðam hláforde and ðám hýrigmannum wiþ ánum peninge

    then the lord and the labourers agreed on a penny

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    • Th. An. 73, 29
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    • 74, 21
    [or acc.].
  • Gewearþ him and ðam folce on Lindesíge ánes ðæt hí hine horsian sceolde

    it was agreed between him and the people of Lindsey that they should provide him with horses,

    • Chr. 1014
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    • Erl. 151, 1
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    • Thw. 161, 30
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  • Wyn ðú ongeán ðone wuldres cyning and gewurþe ðé and him

    fight against the king of glory and let there be an agreement between thee and him,

    • Nicod. 27
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    • Thw. 15, 14
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Etymology
[Cf.
O. Sax. thea gumon alle giwarth that...:
Goth. ga-wairþi peace?
]
Linked entries
v.  ge-wurþan ge-wyrþan.
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