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gýmen

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
gýmen, gémen; f.
Care, heed, solicitude, diligence, superintendence, rule; cura
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  • Se réða rén sumes ymbhogan ungemet gémen

    the fierce rain of some anxiety, immoderate care

    [cf. se rén ungemetlíces ymbhogan, Fox 36, 19]
    • Bt. Met. Fox 7, 56
    • ;
    • Met. 7, 28: 101
    • ;
    • Met. 7, 51
    .
  • Ðínre gýmenne ic wæs beboden

    in te jactatus sum,

    • Ps. Th. 21, 8.
  • Hér onféng Pilatus gýmene ofer ða Iudéas

    in this year Pilate received the government of Judæa,

    • Chr. 26; Erl. 7, 6: to gýmenne
    • ,
    • Erl. 6, 7
    • .
  • Of his bisceoplícan gýmenne

    cura pastorali,

    • Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 348, 35
    • .
  • Se stæf getácnaþ gýmene and hyrdrǽdene

    the staff is a symbol of care and guardianship,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 280, 35
    • .
  • Man sceal healdan ðæt hálige húsl mid mycelre gýmene

    the holy eucharist must be kept with great care,

    • L. Ælf. C. 36
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 360, 11
    • .
  • He swá geornfulle gýmenne dyde ymb ða hǽla úre þeóde

    tam sedulam erga salutem nostræ gentis curam gesserit,

    • Bd. 2, 1
    • ;
    • S. 501, 3.
  • Weoruldsorge and gýmenne forlǽtan

    sæculi curas relinquere,

    • 4, 19
    • ;
    • S. 587, 38
  • Gýmene dó se Abbod

    curam gerit abbas,

    • R. Ben. interl. 27
    • ,
    • Lye
    • .
Derived forms
be-, un-gýmen
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v.  gémen geómen gýme.
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