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ge-rísan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
ge-rísan, 3rd sing. pres. -ríseþ, -ríst, pl. -rísaþ; p. -rás, pl. -rison; pp. -risen
Wright's OE grammar
§491;
To behove, become, befit, suit; dĕcēre, convĕnīre: generally used impersonally
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  • Gold geríseþ on guman sweorde

    gold is fitting on a man's sword,

      Exon. 91 a; Th. 341, 14; Gn. Ex. 126.
  • Ðé geríseþ lofsang

    te dĕcet hymnus,

      Ps. Spl. 64, 1: 92, 7.
  • Cyninge geríst rihtwísnys

    righteousness becomes a king,

      Homl. Th. ii. 318, 32: i. 418, 8.
  • Ðe him betst geríst

    which suits him best,

      Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 20: Menol. Fox 117; Men. 58.
  • Wera gehwylcum wíslícu word gerísaþ

    to every man wise words are fitting,

      Exon. 91 b; Th. 343, 34; Gn. Ex. 166.
  • Swá ðam þeódne gerás

    as was fitting to the master,

    49 a;
      Th. 168, 34; Gú. 1087.
  • Ðæt ðæm weorce nánum men ne geríse bét to fandienne, ðonne ðam wyrhtan ðe hit worhte

    that it became no man better to prove the work than the workman who made it,

      Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 36, 37.
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v.  a-ríseþ ge-rás ge-risen rísan.
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