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gýmen

  • noun [ feminine ]
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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
DER. be-, un-gýmen.
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v.  gémen geómen gýme.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “gýmen.” 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/17741.

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