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ge-dígan

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-dígan, -dýgan, -dégan, ic -díge, ðú -dígest, he -dígeþ, pl. -dígaþ; p. de; pp. ed
To endure, carry through, tolerate, overcome, escape; ĕti, perpĕti, perferre, tolerāre, superāre, evadere
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  • Swá mǽg unfǽge gedíganweán

    so an undoomed [man] may escape calamity,

    • Beo. Th. 4572
      • ;
    • B. 2291
      • .

  • Ðú aldre gedígest

    thou escapest with life,

    • 1327
      • ;
    • B. 661
      • .

  • He gedígeþ

    he escapes,

    • 606
      • ;
    • B. 300
      • .

  • He feore gedígde

    he escaped with life,

    • 1161
      • ;
    • B. 578
      • ,

  • Feore gedýged

    escaped with life,

    • Exon. 39 a; Th. 128, 21
      • ;
    • Gú. 407
      • .

  • Ðæt wíf ne gedígþ hyre feore

    the woman will not escape with her life,

    • Nar. 50, 10
      • .

  • Ðara monna hit ǽlc gedígde

    hominibus idem morsus non usque ad interitum nocebant,

    • Nar. 16, 11
      • .

  • Sume hit ne gedýgdan mid ðam lífe

    some did not escape with life,

    • Chr. 978 ; Erl. 127, 12
      • .
Similar entries
v. dýgan, gedégan.
Linked entries
v.  ge-dégan ge-dýgan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-dígan.” 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/14066.

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