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ge-byrde

  • adjective
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ge-byrde, -bierde; adj.
Inborn, innate, natural; innatus, ingenitus, naturalis
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  • Ne him nis gebyrde ðæt hí ðé folgien

    it is not natural to them that they should follow thee,

    • Bt. 14, 1; Fox 40, 34
    • .
  • Him gebyrde is ðæt he géncwidas gleáwe hæbbe

    to him it is natural that he should have prudent replies,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1183
    • ;
    • El. 593
    • .
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v.  ge-bierde.
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  • ge-byrde, adj.