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ge-leánian

  • verb [ weak ]
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to repay a debt, loan, &c.
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  • Ic wille, gif ic ǽnigum menn ǽnig feoh unleánod hæbbe, þæt míne mágas þæt hám geleánian,

      Cht. Th. 491, 6.
to recompense, remunerate
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  • Byð geleánod

    remuneratur, An. Ox. 42, 1. to give remuneration for well-doing (acc.) to a person (dat. )

    :-- Drihten ealle þá gód mannum geleánað mid twyfealdre méde éces lífes,
      Bl. H. 101, 23.
to give recompense for loss, suffering, &c. (gen. )
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  • Þá þá seó tíd neálǽhte ꝥ him sceolde beón geleánod his swá mycelre þrowunge and geþylde

    cum tempus esset, ut tanta ejus patientia remunerari debuisset,

      Gr. D. 282, 5.
to repay, requite injury, wrong-doing, &c.
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  • Him ofðyncð ðæt hé hit suá geðyldelíce forbær ðæt hé ðæt bismer ne forgeald, and ðencð ðæs tíman hwonne hé hit wyrs geleánian mæge

    ut . . . se non reddidisse contumelias doleat, et deteriora rependere, si occasio praebeatur, quaerat,

      Past. 227, 23.
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[O. Sax. gi-lónón: O. H. Ger. ge-lónón retribuere, remunerare, recompensare.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-leánian.” 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/48602.

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