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ge-streón

  • noun [ neuter ]
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ge-streón, -strión, es; n.
Gain, product, emolument, wealth, riches, treasure, usury, business; merces, mercātus, quæstus, lucrum, ēmŏlŭmentum, ŏpes, thesaurus, ūsūra, nēgōtium
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  • Gestreón

    quæstus vel lucrum,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 114
    • ;
    • Som. 80, 6
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 60, 42.
  • Swunce máre se ðe unriht gestreón on his handa stóde

    he should toil more, in whose hands lay the unjust gain,

    • L. Eth. ii. 9
    • ;
    • Th. i. 290, 5.
  • Sunu gestreónes wæstm innoðes

    fīlii mercis fructus ventris,

    • Ps. Spl. 126, 4.
  • Fæderes gestreónes

    patrĭmōnii,

    • Mone B. 3568.
  • Ic hit witodlíce mid gestreóne onfénge

    cum ūsūtris ŭtĭque exegissem illam,

    • Lk. Bos. 19, 23.
  • Fram gestreóne

    a nĕgōtio,

    • Ps. Spl. 90, 6.
  • Mathusal magum dǽlde æðelinga gestreón

    Mathuselah distributed the chieftains' treasure to his brethren,

    • Cd. 52
    • ;
    • Th. 65, 24
    • ;
    • Gen. 1071: Bt. Met. Fox 8, 115
    • ;
    • Met. 8, 58.
  • Gestreóne

    mercātu,

    • Mone B. 2588.
  • Hý beóþ rúmmóde ryhtra gestreóna

    they are liberal of just gains,

    • Exon. 33 b
    • ;
    • Th. 106, 31
    • ;
    • Gú. 49: 105 b
    • ;
    • Th. 402, 18
    • ;
    • Rä. 21, 31: 107 b
    • ;
    • Th. 410, 23: Rä. 29, 3.
  • Ðæt he æfter him to eallum his gestreónum fénge

    that he should take all his riches after him,

    • Ors. 5, 13
    • ;
    • Bos. 112, 32.
  • Æfter filiende gestreón

    sĕcūtūra ēmŏlŭmenta,

    • Mone B. 623.
  • Gehlódon him hordwearda gestreón

    they loaded on themselves the riches of the treasure-wards,

    • Cd. 174
    • ;
    • Th. 220, 3
    • ;
    • Dan. 65: 208
    • ;
    • Th. 257, 31
    • ;
    • Dan. 666: 209
    • ;
    • Th. 260, 4
    • ;
    • Dan. 704.
  • Gestreón

    usura,

    • Blickl. Gloss.
  • Fram gestreóne gangendum

    a negotio perambulante,

    • id.
  • lc wylle heora cýpan hér luflícor ðonne ic gebicge ðǽr ðæt sum gestreón me ic begyte

    volo vendere hic carius quam emi illic ut aliquod lucrum mihi adquiram,

    • Th. Anal. 27, 21.
Etymology
[O. Sax. gi-striuni:
O. H. Ger. ki-striuni lucrum.]
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v.  streón ge-strión.
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