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ge-árian

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-árian, p; ode; pp. od; v. trans.
with the dat.
[ár I. honour]
To give honour, to honour; honōrāre, honorĭfĭcāre
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  • Onsegdnis lofes geáraþ mec

    sacrĭfĭcium laudis honorĭfĭcābit me,

    • Ps. Surt. 49, 23.

  • Hý beóþ geárode and uppahefene

    honōrāti et exaltāti fuĕrint,

    • Ps. Th. 36, 19.
[ár II. kindness, favour, mercy]
To have mercy or compassion upon any one, be merciful to, pity, pardon; propĭtium esse, misĕrēri, parcĕre
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  • Þolige he landes and lífes, búton him se cyning geárian wylle

    let him forfeit land and life, unless the king will be merciful to him,

    • L. C. E. 2
      • ;
    • Th. i. 318, 21 : L. C. L. 60
      • ;
    • Th. i. 408, 15 : L. Eth. vii. 16
      • ;
    • Th. i. 332, 18.

  • Geára me, éce Waldend!

    have compassion upon me, eternal Ruler!

    • Hy. 1, 2
      • ;
    • Hy. Grn. ii. 280, 2.

  • Ðæt se Déma us geárige

    that the Judge may have compassion on us,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 126, 13.

  • Wæs Abrahame leófre ðæt he Godes hǽse gefylde, ðonne he his leófan bearnegeárode

    it was dearer to Abraham to fulfil God's command, than to have compassion on his beloved son,

    • Boutr. Scrd. 23, 5 : Ps. Th. arg. 34.
[ár III. property]
To endow
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  • Ðurh ðone tocyme we wǽron geweorðode and gewelgade and geárode

    through that advent we were honoured and enriched and endowed,

    • Blickl. Homl. 105, 24.
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v.  gearod.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-árian.” 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/13495.

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