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ge-eáþmédan

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-eáþmédan, Add: , -eáþmédian ; p. ede.
the object a person,
to humiliate
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  • Þá eágan þára ofermódena þú geeáðmétst

    (humiliabis),

    • Ps. Th. 17, 26.

  • Geeádmétst,

    • Hml. A. 107, 166.

  • Þisne geeádméddeþ (humiliat) and þysne áhefþ,

    • Ps. Spl. 74, 7.

  • Þú woldest ús geeáðmédan,

    • Ps. Th. 43, 20.

  • Ǽlc þe hine áhefþ sceal beón geeádmét,

    • Hml. A. 114, 408.
to make submissive, subject, subdue
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  • Ðá þeóde þe wið ús árisan hé wolde geeádmédigan,

    • Hml. A. 126, 318.

  • Gecir tó þínre hlǽfdian and beó geeádmét under hire handa

    (humiliare sub manu illius),

    • Gen. 16, 9.

  • Hig wurdon geeádmétte under heora handum

    (humiliati sunt sub manibus eorum.

    • Ps. Th. 105, ii),
    • Ælfc. T. Grn. II. 35.
the object a high place, to lower
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  • Ælc dún bið geeádmét,

    • Hml. Th. i. 360, 33.
where inferiority is acknowledged.
reflexive,
where an attitude that expresses humility is taken
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  • Seó leó áleát mid þám heáfde and feóll tó his fótum and geeáðmédde hí tó him,

    • Hml. S. 30, 418.
where worship is paid
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  • Tiberius hyne sylfne geeáðmédde,

    • Hml. A. 192, 319.

  • Þá seó hálignes hym wæs tó bróht, þá feóll hé nyðer ástreht and myd ryhtum geleáfan hyne þǽrtó geeádmédde,

    • 189, 247.

  • Ne geeáðméde þú þé tó hira unrihtum godum

    noli adorare deum alienum,

    • Ex. 34, 14.

  • Gif ǽnig man geeáðméde hine tó sunnan and tó mónan

    adoret solem et lunam,

    • Deut. 17, 3.
where submission is made
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  • Geeádmédaþ eów sylfe tó Godes willan,

    • Hml. A. 165, 23,

  • Þ folc ne sceal forhycggan ꝥ hí tó him ( the clergy) hí geeáþ-médon,

    • Bl. H. 47, 30.
where the reflexive pronoun is omitted,
cf. I a
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  • Hig feóllon on þá eorðan and geeáðmeddon wíð hine

    adoraverunt proni in terrain,

    • Gen. 43, 26.
cf. l b
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  • Ágit mé þone drvhten þe ðú tó geeádméddest,

    • Hml. A. 189, 243.
cf. l c
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  • Geeádmét

    cedit,

    • An. Ox. 1005.
to worship, adore.
with acc.
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  • Hig geeáðmédað hira hearga

    adorant simulacra eorum,

    • Ex. 34, 15.

  • Hí geeáðmédedon ealle þá fǽtten eorðan

    adoraverunt omnes pingues terrae,

    • Ps. L. 21, 30.

  • Ic hyne wylle geeádmédan,

    • Hml. A. 189, 244: 191, 313.
with dat.
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  • Ic hym geeádmédan wylle and hym þeówian.

    • Hml. A. 190, 265.
with the idea of condescension,
of human beings
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  • Tó ðon þaeti for mínum synnum hí ( the clergy of Worcester ) heó geeáðmédden þaette heó wáeren þingeras wið

    • Drihten, C. D. i. 114, 17.
of the Deity or angels
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  • Críst hine tó þon geeáþ-médeþ ꝥ . . . ,

    • Bl. H. 5, 14.

  • Ic mé tó þám geeádmétte, ꝥ ic eów mid eádmódnysse þénade,

    • Hml. A. 159, 183.

  • Geeádmédde,

    • 151, 8.

  • Geeáþ-médde,

    • Bl. H. 11, 33.

  • Hé (St. Michael ) hine geeáðmédde ꝥ . . .

    ,
    • 197, 14,
    Drihten hine geeáðmédde swá steórréðra,
    • 235, 23.
Similar entries
v. eáþ-médan, eáþ-médian.
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v.  ge-eáþmédian.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-eáþmédan.” 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/47786.

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