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ge-munan

  • verb [ preterite-present ]
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ge-munan, ic, he -man, -mon, pl. -munon; also ic -mune, he -monþ, pl. -munaþ; p. -munde; pp. -munen [a verb whose present tense is the past tense of a lost strong verb, cf. Lat. memini]
Wright's OE grammar
§543;
; with gen. and acc. To remember, bear in mind, consider; recordari, memorari, meminisse, meditari
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  • Gemunan his hálegan cýðnesse

    memorari testamenti sui sancti,

      Lk. Bos. 1, 72.

  • Gif he ne wile mid inneweardre heortan gemunan and geþencean

    if he will not with sincere heart bear in mind and consider,

      Blickl. Homl. 55, 11.

  • Hie nellaþ gemunan ðone dæg heora forþfóre

    they will not remember the day of their departure,

      61, 4.

  • Ne geman heó ðære hefinysse

    non meminit pressuræ,

      Jn. Bos. 16, 21.

  • Gif he ðæt eal gemon

    if he remembers that all,

      Beo. Th. 2375; B. 1185.

  • Ic ðé ðæs leán geman

    I will remember a reward for thee for it,

      2445; B. 1220.

  • Ic gemune ðé

    recordor tui,

      Ælfc. Gr. 41; Som. 44, 2.

  • Ic gemuna

    meditabor,

      Ps. Spl. 62, 7.

  • Seó leó gemonþ ðæs wildan gewunan hire eldrana

    the lioness remembers the wild manner of her parents,

      Bt. 25; Fox 88, 12.

  • Hie ðæt eall gemunan and ðurh ðæt leóht gemanode beóþ

    they remember all that and are admonished by the light,

      Blickl. Homl. 129, 21: Bt. 16, 1; Fox 48, 30.

  • Hie gemunaþ ða mycclan eáðmódnesse

    they recollect his great humility,

      Blickl. Homl. 129, 10.

  • Ðonne gé gemunaþ Drihten eówerne God

    when ye remember the Lord your God,

      Deut. 4, 29.

  • Ðá gemunde God sunu Lameches

    then God remembered Lamech's son,

      Cd. 71; Th. 84, 33; Gen. 1407: 121; Th. 156, 8; Gen. 2585.

  • Híg gemundon his worda

    recordati sunt verborum ejus,

      Lk. Bos. 24, 8.

  • Gemundon weardas wíg-leóþ

    the watchmen remembered the war-song,

      154; Th. 191, 26; Exod. 220.

  • Gemun ðín mann-weorod

    memento congregationis tui,

      Ps. Th. 73, 2.

  • Gemune ðú manigra bearna ðe on Edom synt

    memento filiorum Edom,

      136, 7: 118, 49: Ps. Spl. 24, 6.

  • Gemunaþ mínre sprǽce

    mementote sermonis mei,

      Jn. Bos. 15, 20.

  • Gemunaþ ðæt gé silfe wǽron þeówe on Egipta lande

    remember that ye yourselves were slaves in Egypt,

      Deut. 5, 15; Exon. 75 a; Th. 281, 4; Jul. 641.

  • Gemunon we úre dæghwamlícan synna

    let us be mindful of our daily sins,

      Blickl. Homl. 25, 14: Cd. 217; Th. 277, 11; Sat. 202.

  • Gif hí ða geearnunga ealle gemundon

    if they had remembered all the benefits,

      Byrht. Th. 137, 35.

  • Ne biþ gemunen

    non memoretur,

      Ps. Spl. 82, 4.
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v. munan.
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v.  ge-mon ge-monan ge-mynan ge-mýste.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-munan.” 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/15297.

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