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ge-þeón

  • verb [ strongcontracted ]
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ge-þeón, ic -þeó, pl. -þeóþ; p. -þeáh, pl. -þugon; pp. þogen
To grow, grow up, increase, thrive, flourish, prosper; crescĕre, profĭcĕre, vĭgēre
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  • Lofdǽdum sceal man geþeón

    a man shall flourish by praiseworthy deeds,

      Beo. Th. 50; B. 25: 1825; B. 910: Homl. Th. i. 12, 26.
  • Erigende ic geþeó

    arando profĭcio,

      Ælfc. Gr. 24; Som. 25, 18.
  • Ic strangige oððe geþeó

    vĭgeo,

      26, 3; Som. 28, 47.
  • Fela ríccra manna geþeóþ Gode

    many rich men thrive to God,

      Homl. Th. i. 130, 33: ii. 22, 15.
  • Gif þegen geþeáh ðæt he þénode cynge

    if a thane thrived so that he served the king,

      L. R. 3; Th. i. 190, 18: 5, 6; Th. i. 192, 7, 9.
  • Wæs his fæder ǽrest cyninges þegn and ðá æt néhstan geþeáh ðæt he wæs cininges þegna aldorman

    his father was first a king's thane, and at last rose to be chief of the king's thanes,

      Blickl. Homl. 211, 21.
  • Ðe Gode geþugon þurh gehaltsumnysse his beboda

    who throve to God through observance of his commandments,

      Homl. Th. ii. 280, 32: i. 444, 16.
  • Geþeóh tela

    thrive well!

      Beo. Th. 2441; B. 1218: Exon. 122 a; Th. 469, 13; Hy. 11, 1.
  • Ðæt ic ðé geþeó þinga gehwylce

    that I may thrive to thee in everything,

    118 a;
      Th. 453, 9; Hy. 4, 12: L. Wg. 7, 10; Th. i. 188, 1, 8.
  • Se ðe for wísdóme wende to Scottum ðæt he ælþeódig on láre geþuge

    who for the sake of wisdom had gone to Scotland that in a foreign land he might increase in learning,

      Homl. Th. ii. 148, 19.
  • Ðá ðá he geþogen wæs

    when he was grown up,

      38, 9: L. Ælf. P. 40; Th. ii. 380, 27.
  • Se ðe swá geþogenne forwyrhtan næfde

    he who had not so prosperous a vicegerent,

      L. R. 4; Th. i. 192, 5.
  • Wæl geboren and yfele geþogen

    degĕner,

      Ælfc. Gr. 9, 18; Som. 10, 6.
  • Geþogen [geþogend, MS.] on mægne

    mactus virtūte,

      41; Som. 44, 14.
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