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ge-yflian

  • verb [ weak ]
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to injure (physically)
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  • Sé þe man ofslehð binnan ciricderum, sylle þǽre cirican .cxx. sciłł. . . . Sé þe cwicne on þǽre mundbyrde geyfelige (

    he who in a church injures a man without killing him

    ), sylle .xxx. sciłł.,
      Ll. Th. i. 332, ll.
used impersonally,
with dat. of person who falls sick
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  • Him geyfelode þǽr hé mid þám cynge sæt

    he was taken ill while sitting with the king

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      Chr. 1053 ; P. 185, 13 : 1086; P. 218, 37.
with acc. of person
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  • Nam hé his feorme on Wuldahám, and on þám óðran wolde, ac hine geyflade (sed infirmatits est), Cht. Th. 272, 29 (

    the Latin version is

    275, 9).
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