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ge-brǽdan

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-brǽdan, to -brǽdenne; p. de; pp. ed [ge-, brǽdan to make broad]
To make broad, broaden, extend, spread; dilātāre, ampliāre, extendĕre, expandĕre, sternere
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  • Merestreám ne dear ofer eorþan sceát eard ge-brǽdan

    the sea-stream dares not extend its province over the region of the earth,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 11, 132
      • ;
    • Met. 11, 66
      • .

  • Ðæt mód wilnaþ to gebrǽ-denne his ǽgen lof

    the mind desires to extend its own praise,

    • Past. 65, 4; Swt. 463, 36; Hat. MS
      • :
    • Bt. 18, 2; Fox 64, 15
      • .

  • He his cyricean wundorlícum weorcum gebrǽdde

    ecclesiam suam mirĭfĭcis ampliāvit opĕrĭbus,

    • Bd. 5, 20; S. 641, 40
      • .

  • Ealle ða telgan ðú æt sǽstreámas sealte gebræddest

    extendisti palmĭtes ejus usque ad măre.

    • Ps. Th. 79, 11
      • .

  • Ðreatas gebrǽdon wédo hiora

    turba straverunt vestimenta sua,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 21, 8
      • .

  • Miþ stáne gebrǽded

    lapide stratus,

    • Jn. Skt. Lind. 19, 13
      • .
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v.  ge-brádian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-brǽdan.” 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/13747.

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