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ge-rýman

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-rýman, p. de; pp. ed [rýman to make room]
To extend, enlarge, make room, open, manifest, expand; dīlātāre, amplĭfĭcāre, lŏcum dāre, apĕrīre, expandĕre
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  • Ongyn ðé scip wyrcan, on ðam ðú monegum scealt reste gerýman

    begin thou to make a ship, in which than shalt make room for resting-places to many,

      Cd. 65; Th. 78, 36; Gen. 1304.

  • Ic gerýme ðíne gemǽro

    dīlātāvĕro termĭnos tuos,

      Ex. 34, 24.

  • He óðrum gerýmeþ wyrmum to wiste

    he clears the way for other worms' repast,

      Exon. l00 a; Th. 374, 9; Seel. 123.

  • Ic him lífes weg gerýmde

    I opened the way of life to them,

    Rood
      Kmbl. 175; Kr. 89: Elen. Kmbl. 2496; El. 1249.

  • Ðú me gerýmdes

    dīlātasti mihi,

      Ps. Th. 4, 1.

  • Octauianus gerýmde Rómána ríce

    Octavianus extended the Roman empire,

      Homl. Th. i. 32, 18.

  • Ðæt hie him óðer flet eal gerýmdon

    that they would wholly open to him another dwelling,

      Beo. Th. 2177; B. 1086.

  • Se weg biþ us gerýmed

    the way is open to us,

      Boutr. Scrd. 20, 32: Andr. Kmbl. 3159; An. 1582: Bt. Met. Fox 1, 37; Met. 1, 19: Homl. Th. i. 564, 18: 28, 12.

  • Se ðe his godcundnesse mid sóþum wísum gerýmeþ

    who truly manifests his divinity,

      Blickl. Homl. 179, 24.

  • Gif him swá byþ gerýmed

    if he has opportunity,

    Basil admn.
      9; Norm. 52, 28.

  • On ðam rýmette ðe se cing hét gerýmen into ealdan mynstre

    in the space that the king ordered to cede to the old monastery,

      Ch. Th. 231, 26.
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v.  rýman.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-rýman.” 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/15764.

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