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ge-restan

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intrans.
to repose on a couch, lie down
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  • Ic neapiu and gerestu

    obdormiam et requiescam,

      Ps. Srt. 4, 9.

  • Se ðe gehrestað

    qui recumbit,

      Lk. L. 22, 27.

  • Mom'ge synnfulle gereston (-ræston, L. ,

    discumbebant),

      Mk. R. 2, 15.

  • Geræstun, Mt. L. 9, 10. p he ne mæge þonne hé cymeþ to his wife hyre mid gerestan, Lch. i. 364, 3. (l a) to rest in the grave, lie buried :-- Marcus geresteð Alexandrea, Rtl. 195, 33; 196, 9,

    and often.

      Gerestes, 196. 13.

  • Lucas gereste in þǽr byrig Lucas requievit Bochtia, 196, l, and often. (l b) of animals, to lie on the ground :-- Ic scíp míno giresta dóm

    ego oves meas accubare faciam,

      Rtl. 10, 3.
to desist or
refrain from exertion
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  • Ic fligu and gerestu, Ps. Srt. 54, 7- (2 a) of things, to cease, not be active :-- Gerestað conqviescunt (jtvrgia), Kent.

    Gl.

    997.
to be at ease, remain undisturbed, dwell
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  • Hwelc eardað in selegescote ðínurn, oððe hwelc geresteð in munte ðínum ?,

    Ps.

      Srt, 14,

  • Monige cymas and gehrestas (wuniað, W. S. ) mið Abraham in ric heofna,

      Mt. L. 8, ii.

  • Hierusalem . . . in þé sáwle sóðfæstra simle gerestað,

      Cri. 53.

  • Flégende heofnes girestun (gehræston, L. ) on telgum his,

    Lk.

      13, 19.

  • On sibbe gerestian he gewunad,

      Scint. II, 19.
of position,
to rest on
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  • Þa se gást gereste on him, hig witegodon,

    Num.

    ii. 25.
to lie or lean upon,
support oneself on
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  • Ðe ofer brést Drihtnes geræste,

    Mt. p.

      8, 17.

  • Gireste (giræsti,

    L.), Jn. R.

      21, 20.
to remain confident
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  • Flesc mín geresteð in hyhte,

      Vs. Srt. 15", 9.
reflexive, to rest oneself.
to repose in sleep
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  • Gedó þæt ic m te slápan and me gerestan, Ps. Th. 4, 9. (l a) of the sleep of death, to die, fall on sleep :< — Her lohs hine gereste in Effesia (cf. he John eode cucu and gesund into his byrgene,

    Hml. Th.

    i.
      74, 25, Chr. 100; P. 9, 13.
to refresh by resting
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  • Gán

    wé sécan úre gesthús ꝥ we magon ús gerestan.
      Ap. Th. 18, 16.
where labour is desisted or refrained from
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  • Oðer. resten-dæg . . . is þæt éce líf, . . . on þám wé us gerestað écelíce,

      Hml, Th. ii. 208, 6.

  • He hine gereste on þone seofoðan dæg. Ll. Th. i. 44, 13. (33) to desist from exertion, labour, &c. (gen.) :-- Hié heora gefeohta hie gerestan, þéh hié þæs hungres and þæs moncwealmes ne mehte

    cessatum est a praeliis, cessatum tamen a mortibus non est,

      Ors. 2, 4; S. 70, 9.
to be at ease, remain quiet, dwell, lodge
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  • Hwá eardað on þínum temple, odðe hwá mot hine gerestan on þǽm hálgan munte 1, Ps. Th. 14, l. ' Hǽt him findan hwár hé hine mæge wurðlícost gerestan (where he may lodge most honourably), ' . . . Apollonius onféng þáre wununge ðe hym betǽht wæs. Ap. Th. 18, 22-25. (4a) adverbial complement :-- Ðonne gerest ðæt mod hit orsorglice on ðǽre fortruwunga

    mens in sui mnfidentia secura requiescit,

      Past. 463, 10.
trans.
to give rest to a person, cause to cease or
refrain from work
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  • Gerested

    feriatus,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 108, 41.

  • Geresteð, 33 56- Gerestad

    feriatus, pausatus, quietus,

      148, 3.
to lodge. Cf. II. 4
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  • Gyf man méte ꝥ hé weorðlíce gerestod sló, gód ꝥ byð. Lch. iii. 174, 32.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. ge-resten requiescere, cessare, paitsare.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-restan.” 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/49366.

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