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ge-nerian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
ge-nerian, -nergan, -nerigan; p. ede, ode; pp. ed, od
To save, deliver, take away, set free, preserve, defend; servare, redimere, liberare, eripere, salvum facere, defendere
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  • Se mec wile wiþ ðám níðum genergan

    he will protect me against that malice,

      Exon. 36 a; Th. 116, 24; Gú. 212.

  • We mágon feorh generigan

    we may save life,

      Cd. 117; Th. 152, 22; Gen. 2524.

  • Ic hine generige

    eripiam eum,

      Ps. Th. 90. 16.

  • He generaþ híg

    eripiet eos,

      Ps. Spl. 33, 7.

  • Oswio his ðeóde generede

    Osuiu suam gentem liberavit,

      Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 14.

  • Abraham Loth generede

    Abraham saved Lot,

      Cd. 121; Th. 156, 12; Gen. 2587.

  • Ðú hí generedest

    liberavisti eos,

      Ps. 105, 8: Exon. 98 a; Th. 369, 28; Seel. 48.

  • He híg generode of Egipta lande

    he delivered them out of the land of the Egyptians,

      Ex. 18, 9.

  • Alýs me and genere

    eripe me et libera me,

      Ps. Th. 143, 8: 139, 1.

  • Ðæt ðú generige oððe alýse me

    ut eruas me,

      Ps. Lamb. 39, 14: Ps. Th. 88, 41.

  • Generigende

    eripiens,

      Ps. Spl. 34, 11.

  • Genered

    liberatus,

      Bd. 4, 31; S. 610, 24.

  • Genered

    saved,

      Beo. Th. 1658; B. 827.

  • Hí sind fram graman generode

    they are saved from wrath,

      Homl. Th. ii. 120, 35.
Etymology
[Cf. ge-nesan.]
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v.  nerian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-nerian.” 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/15373.

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