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§12; §574;
Add: I. having remembrance of.
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  • Hé gecostad wearð in gemyndigra monna tídum (in the times of men who can remember the events; cf. míne dihteras . . . mihton gemunan . . . þá wundru þisses eádigan weres

    (Guthlac),

      Guth. Gr. 103, 48), Gú. 125.
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  • Guma gidda gemyndig, sé þe ealdge-segena worn gemunde,

      B. 868.

  • Drihten is swíþe gemyndig ealra þára gifena þe hé ús tó lǽteþ, and wé eall ágyldan sceolan ꝥ hé ús sealde,

      Bl. H. 51, 23: 215, 24.
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  • Þú sý gemyndig hwæt mín fæder þé dyde,

      Bl. H. 151, 24.

  • Þæt ne sý gemyndig monna ǽnig hú Israhéla naman ǽnig nemne

    non memorabitur nomen Israel amplius,

      Ps. Th. 82, 4.
  • I a. where special conditions are implied.
where action is to follow,
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  • Gif hwilc mon sié on ondyrstlecum wísum. and hé sý mínes naman gemyndig

    (remembers my name and calls upon it

    ), Drihten, gefriða ðú hine, Shrn. 101, 31.

  • Hé wæs þíera worda gemyndig . . . and his fole lǽdde,

      Ps. Th. 104, 37.

  • Beó geofena gemyndig

    remember to give,

      B. 1173: Gen. 2163.

  • Hé wæs gemyndig ealre his mildheortnesse,

      Bl. H. 159, 21.
with dat. infin.
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  • Hé is swýþe gemyndig heora blód tó wrecanne

    requirens sanguinem eorum memoratus est,

      Ps. Th. 9, 12.
where gratitude is implied
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  • Hý ná synd gemyndige handa his

    non sunt recordati manus eius,

      Ps. Rdr. 77, 42 : Bl. Gl.
where warning is to be taken
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  • Beóð gemyndige Lothes wífes,

      Lk. 17, 32.
where kindness, compassion, & c. , is implied
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  • Hit beón mæg ꝥ hé wǽre gemyndig manna týddernesse,

      Bl. H. 197, 13.

  • Wes þú mín gemyndig,

      147, 36.

  • Wes þú gemyndig manna bearna, Ps. Th. 73, 17. (4 a) having remembrance and making mention of in prayer :-- Swá hwæt swá þú bǽde, eall hit biþ gehéred, and swá hwæt swá þú wǽre gemyndig, ꝥ forgifeþ þé God

    quidquid petisti, exauditae sunt deprecationes tuae, et quod memorata nunc es, hoc tibi datum est

    (Hml.
      A. 219, 375), Nar. 47, 25.
where hostility is implied,
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  • Mín unwísdðmes ne wes þú gemyndig,

      Bl. H. 89, ii.
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  • Wes gemyndig hú þé unwíse edwíta fela oft ásprǽcon,

      Ps. Th. 73, 21.

  • II. deserving of remembrance, memorable. Cf. ge-mynd; IV :-- Se gemyndiga pápa

    papa memoratus,

      Bd. 5, 7; Sch. 584, 9.

  • III. deserving of commemoration. Cf. ge-mynd; V :-- Se dæg bið gemyndig Godes ðeówum ðe ðá hálgan ásende tó écere myrhðe

    the day of a saint's death is the one for God s servants to take as his commemoration day,

      Hml. Th. i. 354, 7.
  • IV. mindful of.
having the thoughts engaged upon. Cf. ge-mynd; VIII.
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  • Sé þe nú biþ gemyndig Drihtnes þrowunge and his ǽriste ealle móde . . . sé þe forhogaþ ꝥ hé ǽnig gemynd hæbbe Drihtnes eáþ-módnesse,

      Bl. H. 83, 13.

  • Swá cwæð eardstapa earfeða gemyndig,

      Wand. 6.
  • Wé sceolan beón gemyndige Godes beboda and úre sáwle þearfe. Bl. H. 25, 26.
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  • Gemyndig winemǽga hryre,

      Wand. 6.
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  • Gemyndig ymb þæt mǽre treó,

      El. 213.
absolute
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  • Rincas rǽdfæste . . . á fricgende . . . , á gemyndge mǽst monna wiston,

      Sch. 16.
mindful of and doing what is fit
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  • Se hálga ongan ára gemyndig sprecan fægre,

      Gen. 1899.

  • Hé fremede swá him se éca bebeád . . . wǽre gemyndig

    (carrying out the compact),

    2372.

  • Wealhþeów cynna gemyndig grétte guman on healle,

      B. 613: 2171.

  • Hé árás elnes gemyndig,

      Gú. 1268 : Jul. 601.
mindful of a command, counsel, &c.,obedient to,
acting in accordance with,
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  • Him þá féran gewát fæder ælmihtiges láre gemyndig,

      Gen. 1780: 1943.

  • Wæs heó gemyndig Dryhtnes willan,

      Jul. 601.

  • Hé reordode rǽda gemyndig,

      Exod. 548.

  • Hé spræc snytra gemyndig,

      Gen. 2463.

  • Hié wǽron gemyndige ealra Godes beboda, and þǽre godcundan ǽ swíþe gehýrsume

    erant justi ante Deum incedentes in omnibus mandatis et justificationibus Domini

    (Lk. l, 6),
      Bl. H. 163, 2.
  • Sýn wé gemyndige þæs þe ús Críst bebeád on þyssum godspelle, . -19, 14.
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  • Godes gifu ús gewissað tó his willan, gif wé gemyndige beóð Crístes bebodum and ðǽra apostola láre,

      Hml. Th. i. 312, 34.
mindful of the welfare of a person
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  • Þú on heáhsetle sitest gásta gemyndig,

      Hy. 8, 31.
careful, anxious about something,
solicitous,
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  • Martha, wes þú behýdig and gemyndig Marian þinga. Bl. H. 67, 33.

  • Wé sceolon nú beón gemyndige úre sáula þearfe,

      101, 16.
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  • ' Ic þé bidde þæt þú mé behýdigne and sorhfulne be þisse wísan ne lǽte' . . . Hé cwæð: ' Mín bearn, nelt þú beón gemyndig'

    adjuro te, ne me sollicitum de hac re dimittas . . . Ait: Fili mi, de hac re sollicitare noli,

      Guth. 165, 80.
mindful of what one purposes to do,
intent on. Cf. ge-mynd; IX, IX a.
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  • Eft wæs ánrǽd, nalas elnes læt, mǽrða gemyndig mǽg Hygeláces,

      B. 1530.
  • Fýrdraca fǽhða gemyndig rǽsde on þone rófan, 2689.
  • Bealuwa gemyndig, 2082 : Gú. 417.

  • V.

    having mind, having great intellectual power,

    cf. ge-mynd; . . ICX :-- Eálá Gabrihel l hú þú eart gleáw and scearp, milde and gemyndig, wís on þínum gewitte and on þínum worde snottor,
      Hö. 77.
Similar entries
v. efen-gemyndig, eft-gemyndig, un-gemyndig.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-myndig.” 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/48969.

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