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ge-samnian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
ge-samnian, -somnian; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed.
Wright's OE grammar
§59;
to gather, collect; congrĕgāre, collĭgĕre
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  • Se áncenneda ealle gesamnaþ

    the only begotten one shall gather all,

    Soul
      Kmbl. 102; Seel. 51.

  • Valentinianus gesamnode weorod

    Valentinian gathered an army,

      Chr. 380; Erl. 11, 4: Cd. 174; Th. 219, 9; Dan. 52.

  • He hí of sídfolcum gesamnade

    de regiōnĭbus congrĕgāvit eos,

      Ps. Th. 106, 2.

  • Gesamnedon síde hérigeas folces frumgáras

    the leaders of the people collected their wide bands,

      Andr. Kmbl. 2135; An. 1069: Ps. Th. 125, 6.

  • Us gesamna of wídwegum

    congrĕga nos de nātiōnĭbus,

      105, 36.

  • Wæs eall-geador to ðam þingstede þeód gesamnod

    the people was collected together in the public place,

      Andr. Kmbl. 2198; An. 1100: Elen. Kmbl. 563; El. 282.

  • Mycle mænigeo wǽron gesamnode to hym

    congrĕgātæ sunt ad eum turbæ multæ,

      Mt. Bos. 13, 2: 26, 3.
to unite, join; consŏciāre, jungĕre
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  • Geférscipas fæste gesamnaþ

    firmly unites societies,

      Bt. Met. Fox 11, 186; Met. 11, 93: Bt. 21; Fox 74, 38.

  • Se gesamnade sáwle to líce

    he united the soul to the body,

      Bt. Met. Fox 17, 23; Met. 17, 12.
v. intrans.
To collect, come together; congrĕgāri, convĕnīre
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  • Hí gesamniaþ

    congrĕgāti sunt,

      Ps. Th. 103, 21.

  • Gesamnadon weras

    the men collected together,

      Andr. Knnbl. 3270 ; An. 1638.
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v.  samnian ge-somnian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-samnian.” 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/15813.

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