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ge-ortríwan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
ge-ortríwan, ge-ortreówan; p. de.
Take here ge-ortréwan in Dict., and add:
to despair of.
with gen. Cf. I a
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  • Ne þú tó wáclíce geortreówe ǽniges gódes

    spemque fugato nes dolor adsit,

      Met. 5, 35.
with prep.
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  • Hé nǽfre ne geortreówe be Godes mildse

    de Dei misericordia nunquam desperare,

      R. Ben. 19, 2.

  • Þá ðé ne lǽtað geortréwan (-treówan, v. l.) be þýs andweardan lífe

    quae nec praesentis solamen temporis abesse patiantur,

      Bt. 10; S. 23, 7.

  • Ne sceolon wé nǽfre geortrýwan be Godes mildheortnesse,

      Ll. Th. ii. 400, 1.
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  • Sé ðe tó lange wunað on ðǽm wlacum treówum, hé geortreówð ðæt hé ǽfre mæge on welme weorðan (

    calore desperato

    ),
      Past. 447, 9.
absolute, to despair
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  • Hé geortriéwð

    in desperatione est,

      Past. 447, 11.
  • I a. reflex. to cause (oneself) to despair. Cf.
1
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  • Þæt ðú þé ne geortrýwe nánes gódes,

      Bt. 6; F. 14, 35.
to doubt, distrust.
to doubt the possibility of, be uncertain about something,
with acc.
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  • Þonne bið ús gesewen þæt ús ǽr gesǽd wæs, þeáh þe wé hit nú geortrýwan (-trúwian, v. l.), for ðý wé hit geseón ne magon, Wlfst. 3, 18. (aa) with acc. and clause in apposition :-- Nis ꝥ tó geortrýwanne (-enne, v. l.), ꝥ on úre yldo ꝥ beón mihte

    nec diffidendum est nostra aetate fieri potuisse,

      Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 441, 7.
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  • Hé geortreóweð hweþer hí sóðe sýn, for þon þe hé nǽfre ne cúþe þurh gewisse áfandunge . . . hí geortreówdon hwæðer hí sóðe wǽron þe nǽron

    quia per experimentum non novit, veraciter esse diffidat . . . diffidunt an vera sint,

      Gr. D. 261, 18-22.
not to trust in something
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  • Sý þú nǽfre swá synful þæt þú ǽfre geortrýwe on Godes mildheortnysse,

      Angl. xii. 517, 26.
not to trust to a person (dat.) for doing something (
clause)
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  • Ne geortriéwe (-trúwige, Bos. 48, 45) ic ná Gode þæt hé ús ne mæge gescildan

    I trust to God that he can preserve us,

      Ors. 2, 5; S. 86, 4.
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v.  or-trýwan ge-ortrúwian.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-ortríwan.” 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/49237.

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