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ge-feolan

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Grammar
ge-feolan, l. ge-feólan; p. -fealh, pl. fulgon.
Take here passage given under ge-felgan, and add:
to press into,
to make ones way into a place, get and remain in
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  • Wæs þǽr neáh Apollines templ; þá gefealh hé þǽr in and þǽr þá niht gewunode

    juxta Apollinis templum fuit, ibique se ad manendum contulit,

    • Gr. D. 189, 1.

  • Ðá warð his leóhtbora áfyrht swýðe, and gefeall him in ánan heale and slǽp

    his light-bearer became very frightened, and got in a corner and went to sleep,

    • Vis. Lfc. 36.
to enter the mind
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  • Hú se ealda feónd on symbel geféleð úrum gebohtum mid his searwum

    antiquus hostis quam insidiis nostris cogitationibus insistat,

    • Gr. D. 222, 6.
to stick to.
to continue instant in, pursue unremittingly
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  • Swá mycele má hé gefealh mid geornnysse þám gebedum

    tanto annisu precibus incubuit,

    • Gr. D. 74, 17: 125, 29: 247, 26.

  • Hé gefealh his wæcce

    instans vigiliis,

    • 170, 30.

  • Hégefealh singallíce his þegnungum and hýrnessum

    ejus obsequiis sedule atque incessanter adhaerebat,

    • 299, 29.
to adhere to a person, an opinion
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  • Þá þe Gode gefeólað mid éstfullum móde

    qui devota mente Deo adhaerent,

    • Gr. D. 161, 17.

  • For þon þe ic gefealh and gewunode in Laurenties worde and wæs wið Simmache

    guia in parte Laurentii contra Symmachum sensi,

    • 330, 8.
Etymology
[
Goth, ga-filhan to hide
O.H.Ger. gi-felhan.
]
Linked entries
v.  ge-felgan.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-feolan.” 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/47922.

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