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ge-þafian

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-þafian, -þafigan, -þafigean; p. ode, ude; pp. od, ud [þafian to permit, allow, consent]
To favour, support, permit, allow, admit, assent, consent, agree, approve, obey, submit to; făvēre, sustĭnēre, sĭnĕre, admittĕre, permittĕre, assentīre, consentīre, obēdīre, concēdĕre
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  • Ðú deáþe sweltest gif ðú geþafian nelt módges gemánan

    thou shalt perish by death if thou wilt not consent to the proud one's fellowship,

    • Exon. 67 b
      • ;
    • Th. 250, 12
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    • Jul. 126: 41 a
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    • Th. 138, 7
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    • Gú. 572: Judth. 10
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    • Thw. 22, 12
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    • Jud. 60: L. Alf. pol. 6
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    • Th. i. 66, 5.

  • He nolde geþafigan ðæt man hys hús underdulfe

    non sĭnĕret perfŏdi dŏmum suam,

    • Mt. Bos. 24, 43.

  • Geþafigean,

    • Bd. 2, 2
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    • S. 502, 14.

  • Ic geþafige

    consentio,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 30, 2
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    • Som. 34, 39: 37
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    • Som. 39, 9: Ps. Th. 130, 3.

  • He ne geþafode ðæt hig ǽnig þing sprǽcon

    non sĭnēbat ea lŏqui,

    • Lk. Bos. 4, 41: 12, 39.

  • Se eádega wer idese lárum geþafode

    the blessed man assented to the woman's counsels,

    • Cd. 101
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    • Th. 134, 31
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    • Gen. 2233: Bd. 3, 23
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    • S. 555, 2.

  • Ná hí geþafudon geþeaht his

    non sustĭnuērunt consĭlium ejus,

    • Ps. Spl. 105, 13.

  • Ðínum mǽge mán ne geþafa

    approve not wickedness in thy kinsman,

    • Exon. 80 a
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    • Th. 301, 12
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    • Fä. 18.

  • Ne gé in ne gáþ, ne gé ne geþafiaþ ðæt óðre ingán

    vos non intrātis, nec introeuntes sĭnĭtis intrāre,

    • Mt. Bos. 23, 13.

  • Ðás hwílwendlícan gedrefednyssa we sceolon mid gefeán for Cristes naman geþafian

    but these transitory tribulations we ought to submit to with joy for Christ's name,

    • Homl. Th. i. 556, 10: Prov. Kmbl. 9: Past. 21, 1
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    • Swt. 151, 15
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    • Hat. MS.

  • Beágmund geþafie and mid wríte

    I, Beagmund, approve and consign,

    • Th. Ch. 475, 16.
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v.  þafian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-þafian.” 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/16416.

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