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ge-niþerian

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to bring down, cast down, degrade, humiliate
a person or place occupying an exalted position
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  • Oft ðis andwearde líf úp áhefeð ðá yfelan, ac se tócyme ðǽre écan eádignesse hié geniðrað,

      Past. 389, 27.

  • Hierusalem áhéned bið ł gehniðrad bið (calcabitur) from hǽdnum, Lk. L. 21, 24. (1 a) used of a thing :-- Gif

    h

    byð gesett þǽr hé standan ne mæg, þonne sceal man hine þus genyðerian,
      Angl. viii. 333, 39.
a person who exalts himself
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  • Ðú hié geniðrades, ðá hí hí selfe úp áhófon

    dejecisti eos, dum allevarentur,

      Past. 391, 9.

  • For ðǽm wlite ðínra cræfta ðú wurde úp áhæfen, and ðonan ðú wyrst geniððrad

    ex virtutum decore te elevas, ipsa tua pulchritudine impelleris, ut cadas,

      463, 22.

  • Éghuelc sé ðe hine áhebbað gehniðrad bið (

    humiliabitur

    ),
      Lk. L. 14, 11. (2 a)
    ) God þá mǽstan ofermétto geniðerade, Ors. 2, 5; S. 84, 12.
to condemn
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  • Nællað gié gehniðra (

    condemnare

    ) ꝥte gié ne sé gehniðrad,
      Lk. L. 6, 37.

  • Beón genyðered

    condemnari,

      An. Ox. 2916.

  • Wæs geneþorod

    damnatur,

    3769.

  • Manega unrihtlíce fram yflum démum genyþrode wǽron, Hml. S. 30, 8. II a. to condemn to a punishment :-- Hig genyðeriað (geniðredon, L.) hyne tó deáðe

    condemnabunt eum morte,

      Mt. 20, 18.

  • Hí hine deáþe genyþeriað (geniðriað tó deáðe, L. R.) damnabunt eum morte, Mk. 10, 33. II b. to pass sentence(?) :-- Ꝥ ic on gefealle on þone genyðredan (-endan?) cwyde þæs sláwan þeówes (þeawas, MS.)

    that I fall under the sentence passed on the slothful servant,

      Hml. S. 23 b, 14.
to accuse
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  • Mið ðý (wæs) gewroeged ł geniðrad (

    accusaretur

    ),
      Mt. L. 27, 12.
  • [O. H. Ger. ge-nidaren prosternere, dejicere, humiliare, condemnare.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-niþerian.” 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/49069.

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