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ge-wanian

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-wanian, -wonian; p. ode; pp. od.
to lessen, diminish
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  • Se láreow ne sceál ða inneran giémenne gewanian for ðære úterran abisgunge

    the teacher is not to diminish his care of inner things for outer occupations

    ,
    • Past. 18, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 127, 8
      • ;
    • Hat. MS
      • .

  • His cynelícan gefe gewonian

    to diminish his royal gift,

    • Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 304, 27
      • .

  • Ðone hryre ðe se feallenda deófol on engla werode gewanode

    the loss that the falling devil caused in the host of angels,

    • Homl. Th. i. 32, 23
      • :
    • 214, 24
      • .

  • He his godcundnesse nán wiht ne gewanode

    he did not at all diminish his divinity,

    • Blickl. Homl. 91, 9
      • .

  • Gewanude,

    • Th. Chart. 203, 36
      • .

  • Gewonade,

    • Exon. 44 a
      • ;
    • Th. 148, 19
      • ;
    • Gú. 747
      • .

  • Búton he his flǽsclícan lustas gewanige

    unless he diminish his fleshly lusts

    ,
    • Homl. Th. i. 96, 3
      • :
    • Past. 48, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 127, 12
      • ;
    • Hat. MS
      • .

  • Ne gé nán þing ne gewanion

    ye shall not diminish ought,

    • Ex. 5, 8
      • .

  • Gewonige,

    • Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 100, 27
      • .

  • Is mín flet-werod gewanod

    my band of retainers is lessened,

    • Beo. Th, 958
      • ;
    • B. 477
      • :
    • Cd. 24
      • ;
    • Th. 31, 6
      • ;
    • Gen. 481
      • :
    • Gen. 8, 1
      • .

  • Ðá wæs ðæm tunglum gewonad heora beorhtnes

    then had the stars their brightness diminished,

    • Shrn. 64, 22
      • .
to be wanting
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  • Giwonia

    deesse,

    • Rd. 71, 37
      • .
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v.  ge-wonian ge-wane.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-wanian.” 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/16731.

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