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ge-mǽne

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ge-mǽne, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§12; §434; §438; §574;
Common, general, mutual, in common; communis
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  • Reord wæs ðá gieta eorþ-búendum án gemǽne

    there was yet one common language to the dwellers upon earth,

    • Cd. 79
      • ;
    • Th. 98, 27
      • ;
    • Gen. 1636
      • .

  • Sib sceal gemǽne englum and ældum á forþ heonan wesan

    a common peace shall be to angels and men henceforth for ever,

    • Exon. 16 a
      • ;
    • Th. 36, 25
      • ;
    • Cri. 581
      • .

  • Hwæt ys ðé and us gemǽne

    what is common to thee and us?

    • Mt. Bos. 8, 29
      • .

  • Ne beó ðé nán þing gemǽne ongén ðisne rihtwísan

    ne quid tibi sit commune adversus hunc justum,

    • 27, 19
      • :
    • Nicod. 6
      • ;
    • Thw. 3, 11
      • .

  • Se ðe oferhogie ðæt he Godes bodan hlyste, hæbbe him gemǽne ðæt wið God sylfne

    he who scorns to listen to God's preacher, let him have that between him and God himself,

    • L. C. E. 26
      • ;
    • Th. i. 374, 27
      • :
    • Kmbl. Cod. Dipl. iii. 22, 27
      • .

  • Ðæt hí sceoldon habban sunu him gemǽne

    that they should have a son common to them [between them],

    • Jud. 13, 3
      • :
    • Cd. l00
      • ;
    • Th. 133, 26
      • ;
    • Gen. 2216
      • .

  • Gemǽne win

    communis labor,

    • Bd. 2, 2
      • ;
    • S. 502, 9
      • .

  • Gemǽne læs

    compascuus ager,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 96
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 53, 54
      • .

  • Him eallum wǽron eall gemǽne

    erant eis omnia communia,

    • Bd. 1, 27
      • ;
    • S. 489, 15
      • :
    • Jos. 8, 2
      • .

  • Unc sceal worn fela máðma gemǽnra

    to us two shall be a great many common treasures,

    • Beo. Th. 3572
      • ;
    • B. 1784
      • .

  • Ðá wæs synn and sacu Sweóna and Geáta, wróht gemǽne

    then was sin and strife of Swedes and Goths, mutual dissension,

    • Beo. Th. 4938
      • ;
    • B. 2473
      • .

  • Ðæt sceal Geáta leódum and Gár-Denum sib gemǽnum

    so that there shall be peace to the Goths' people and to the Gar-Danes in common,

    • 3718
      • ;
    • B. 1857
      • .

  • Hand gemǽne

    a joined hand [in conflict];

    manus conserta,

    • 4281
      • ;
    • B. 2137
      • .
Etymology
[
Laym. i-mæne
:
O. Sax. gi-méni communis, generalis, solitus
:
O. Frs. ge-méne
:
O. H. Ger. ga-meini
:
Goth. ga-mains communis
; κoινύs, συγκoινωνόs.]
Linked entries
v.  mǽne.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-mǽne.” 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/15114.

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