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gódian

  • verb [ weak ]
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gódian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed.
to be or
become good, to improve, get better
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  • Ðonne gódiaþ ðæra lendena sár and ðæra þeóna swýðe hræðe

    then the pains in the loins and thighs will very speedily get better,

      Herb. 1, 28; Lchdm. i. 80, 1.

  • On his dagum hit gódode

    in his days things improved,

      Chr. 959; Erl. 119, 13: Swt. A. S. Rdr. 105, 19.

  • Gif his hreófla gódigende wǽre

    if his leprosy were getting better,

      Homl. Th. i. 124, 27.

  • Þurh ðæt hit sceal on earde gódian to áhte

    by that means matters must somewhat improve in the land,

      L. C. S. 11; Th. i. 382, 8.
to do good, make good, improve, endow, enrich
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  • Mid eallum þingum gódode

    enriched [the place] with all things,

      Lchdm. iii. 438, 10: Chr. 963; Erl. 123, 28.

  • Gyf ǽnig sý ðe hit mid ǽnigan þingan geécean wylle oððe gódian

    si quis autem hanc nostram donationem largioribus amplificare muneribus studuerit,

      Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 72, 29: Lchdm. iii. 442, 14: L. Pen. 14; Th. ii. 282, 9.

  • Hig bǽdan ðone bisceop ðæt hig móstan ðæt mynster gódian

    they asked the bishop that they might endow the monastery,

      Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 290, 9: L. Pen. 14; Th. ii. 282, 8.
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v.  ge-gódian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “gódian.” 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/17319.

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