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ge-manigfildan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
ge-manigfildan, ge-manigfealdan; p. de.
Take here ge-mænigfyldan in Dict. , and add: To multiply,
to make numerous
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  • Þú woldest mÍnne ofspring gemenigfyldan swá sǽceosol þe nán man átellan ne mæg,

      Gen. 32, 12.

  • Þú woldest his cynn gemenigfealdan swá steorran beóð on heofenum

    multiplicabo semen tuum sicut stellas coeli,

      Ex. 32, 13.

  • Israéla folc weóx swilce hig of eorðan spryttende wǽron gemænigfylde quasi germinantes multiplicati sunt, 1, 7: Scint. 176, 6. (1 a) of repeated action :-- Sé ðe lufað sunu his, hé gemænigfylt

    (assiduat)

    him swingla,
      Scint. 176, 9.
to increase the quantity of, enlarge, extend.
the object material
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  • Hé his cyricean wundorlicum weorcum gebrǽdde and gemonigfylde

    (ampliauit),

      Bd. 5, 20; Sch. 674, 10.

  • Ꝥ gemænigfyldan

    ut cumularent.

      An. Ox. 8, 226.

  • Gemænifyldon, 7, 296. (a α) fig. :-- Gemenigfylde God Jafeth

    dilatet Deus Japheth,

      Gen. 9, 27.

  • Hé gemétte fela gemænigfylde (-men-, -fealde,

    v.ll.)

    on geleáfan and on Godes gife ðeónde,
      Hml. S. 15, 41.
the object non-material
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  • Þú gemænigfyldest þíne mǽrsunge,

      Ps. L. 70, 21. [For
    ] gemænigfyldre ofermódnesse

    propter publicatam insolentiam,

      An. Ox. 8, 389.

  • Gemaeniflydre,

      7, 380.
as an arithmetical term
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  • Gemænigfyld þá þreó þurh feówer, þriwa feówer beóð twelf,

      Angl. viii. 328, 20.
  • Nymað týn and gemænigfyld ꝥ getæl feówer síðon; feówer síðon týn beotf feówertig, 25.
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v.  ge-mænigfildan ge-menigfealdan.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-manigfildan.” 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/48835.

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