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ge-þwǽrian

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-þwǽrian, -þwérian; p. ode, ede; pp. od.
to cause to agree, to make accordant, mild
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  • He geþwǽrede ða ðe óþ ðæt ungeþwǽre wǽron

    he brought those to agree who until then had disagreed,

    • Bd. 3, 6
      • ;
    • S. 528, 31.

  • God gemetgaþ ealla gesceafta and geþwǽraþ ðá hé betwuh him wuniaþ

    God regulates all creatures and makes them agree when they exist together,

    • Bt. 39, 13
      • ;
    • Fox 234, 10: 8
      • ;
    • Fox 224, 9, Cot. MS. Geþwéraþ [geþweraþ?] Bt. Met. Fox 29, 94
      • ;
    • Met. 29, 47.

  • Ðú geþwéras

    tu mitigas,

    • Ps. Spl. T. 88, 10.

  • Geþwiǽrodes

    mitigasti,

    • 84, 3.
to be or become in accord, to agree, consent, be agreeable; consentire, concordare, congruere, convenire
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  • Se eorl nolde ná geþwǽrian ðære infare

    the earl would not consent to the entrance,

    • Chr. 1048
      • ;
    • Erl. 178, 11.

  • Uton geþwǽrian mid ðam yrþlinge

    conveniamus apud aratorem,

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 31, 27.

  • Gif twegen of eów geþwǽriaþ be ǽlcum þinge

    si duo ex vobis consenserint de omni re,

    • Mt. Bos. 18, 19.

  • Ðes ne geþwǽrode hyra geþeahte

    hic non consenserat consilio eorum,

    • Lk. Bos. 23, 51.

  • Hí geþwǽredon

    sibi concordant,

    • Bd. 2, 2
      • ;
    • S. 502, 16.

  • Ða þing ðe geþwǽredon ǽnnysse ðære cyriclícan sibbe

    ea quæ unitati pacis ecclesiasticæ congruerent,

    • 4, 5
      • ;
    • S. 571, 42.

  • Ðú ðe wǽre geþwǽrigende ðam Hǽlende

    thou that wast consenting to the Saviour,

    • Nicod. Thw. 6, 24.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-þwǽrian.” 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/16533.

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