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ge-fadian

  • verb [ weak ]
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  • Ic gefadige

    dispono,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 44.
to arrange, set in order material objects
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  • Án geteld (

    the tabernacle

    ) mid wunderlicum dihte gefadod,
      Hml. Th. ii. 198, 23.

  • Hé gefadod hæfde eall his werod swá his þeáw wæs, Hml. S. 30, 305. (1 a)

    to ornament, adorn

    :-- Ðis weorc wæs gefadod mid deórwurðum stánum and reádum golde,
      Hml. Th. ii. 578, 14.
to dispose of property
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  • Þú hæfst ꝥ feoh mid þé, gefada embe lóca hú þú wylle,

      Hml. S. 3, 285.
to order conduct, action, life,
manage a matter
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  • Yfele þú gefadast þínne rǽd,

      Hml. S. 3, 303.

  • Gif hé his weorc mid wísdóme gefadað,

      1, 235.

  • Þæt gehíwode yfel deófol sylf gefadað and gehýwað to þám þæt þæt ðincð gód,

      Wlfst. 54, 9.

  • Ꝥ is se wisdom ꝥ man his dǽda gefadige tó his Drihtnes willan,

      Hml. S. 13, 326.

  • Hé ealle þing swá gefadige þæt þá sáwla gehealdene sýn,

      R. Ben. 66, 2.

  • Swylc notu on mynstre sý gefadod and geendebyrd, 125, 9. (3 a)

    to arrange

    the order of procedure :-- Þus gefadodre endebyrdnesse þæs dæglican sealmsanges,
      R. Ben. 44, 9.
of the ordering by superhuman power,
in natural phenomena
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  • Godes miht gefadað ealle gewederu,

      Lch. iii. 278, 13.
in regard to living beings
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  • Drihten, úrne forðsíð gefada,

      Hml. Th. i. 414, 33.

  • Eówer síð ne bið ná swá swá wé wéndon, ac wyrð elles gefadod and on óðre stówe,

      Hml. S. 6, 86.

  • Ealle ðá gerýnu Crístes menniscnysse wǽron gefadode þurh mihte þæs Hálgan Gástes,

      Hml. Th. ii. 280, 3.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-fadian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/47857.

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