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ge-wuna

  • noun [ masculine ]
  • adjective
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Grammar
ge-wuna, an; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§410; §574;
A custom, wont, manner, use, rite; consuetudo
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  • Næs ðín gewuna ðæt ðú bútan ðínum diácone geoffrodest

    it was not thy wont to offer without thy deacon,

    • Homl. Th. i. 418, 1
    • .
  • Wæs his gewuna ðæt he sægde

    referre erat solitus,

    • Bd. 4, 19
    • ;
    • S. 588, 42
    • .
  • Ðǽr wæs gewuna ðæm folce ðæt ...

    the people there were accustomed to...,

    • Blickl. Homl. 209, 6
    • .
  • Swá hit gewuna is

    ut adsolet

    • Ors. 3, 3
    • ;
    • Bos. 55, 20
    • .
  • [Or do the two last belong to ge-wuna, adj.? (cf. ge-wunelíc.)]
  • Is nú geworden to full yfelum gewunan ðæt menn swíðor scamaþ nú for góddǽdum ðonne for misdǽdum

    it has now become the very bad custom for men to be more ashamed of good deeds than of bad ones,

    • Swt. A. S. Rdr. 109, 161
    • .
  • Mid ðon gewunon ðære heofogoston gewemmednesse

    by the practices of the most grievous impurity,

    • Blickl. Homl. 75, 6
    • .
  • Heó gemonþ ðæs wildan gewunan hire eldrana

    she remembers the wild manner of her parents,

    • Bt. 25
    • ;
    • Fox 88, 12
    • :
    • Bt. Met. Fox 13, 53
    • ;
    • Met. 13, 27
    • .
  • Gewuna

    ritus,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 38
    • ;
    • Som. 41, 44
    • .
  • Æfter gewunan

    after the custom,

    • Lk. 1, 9
    • :
    • 2, 27, 42
    • :
    • Blickl. Homl. 207, 18
    • :
    • Chr. 1070
    • ;
    • Erl. 208, 2
    • .
  • Æfter úron gewunon

    nostro more,

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 33, 13
    • .
  • Of gewunan

    from custom,

    • R. Ben. interl. 7
    • .
  • Ofer míne gewunan

    contrary to my custom.

    • Ælf. T. Lisle 43, 7
    • .
Etymology
[
O. Sax. gi-wono:
O. H. Ger. gi-wona consuetudo.
]
Linked entries
v.  -wuna ge-wun.
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  • ge-wuna, n.; adj.