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ge-beorgan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
ge-beorgan, to -beorganne; p. ic, he -bearg, -bearh, ðú -burge, pl. -burgon; pp. -borgen [ge-, beorgan to save]
Wright's OE grammar
§651;
To save, protect, defend, secure, spare, preserve; servāre, salvāre, tuēri, defendĕre, arcēre, parcĕre
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  • Ne mæg nán man óðerne wyrian and him sylfum gebeorgan

    no man may curse another and save himself,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 36, 3
    • :
    • Gen. 19, 19, 20
    • :
    • Boutr. Scrd. 22, 3
    • .
  • Áge he þreóra nihta fierst him to gebeorganne

    let him have a space of three days to save himself,

    • L. Alf. pol. 2; Th. i. 62, 2
    • .
  • Ðú him yfele dagas ealle gebeorgest

    mītĭges eum a diēbus mălis,

    • Ps. Th. 93. 12
    • .
  • Scyldweall gebearg líf and líce

    the shield-wall secured life and body,

    • Beo. Th. 5134
    • ;
    • B. 2570
    • .
  • Ðæt gebearh feore

    which protected his life,

    • 3101
    • ;
    • B. 1548
    • :
    • Cd. 197; Th. 246, 6
    • ;
    • Dan. 475
    • .
  • Gebeorh ðe on ðam munte

    in monte salvum te fac,

    • Gen. 19, 17
    • :
    • Homl. Th. i. 416, 17
    • .
  • Ðæt hí him gebeorgen bogan and strǽle

    ut fŭgiant a făcie arcus,

    • Ps. Th. 59, 4
    • .
  • Ne biþ us geborgen

    we shall not be secure,

    • Homl. Th. 1. 56, 18
    • .
Etymology
[
O. Sax. gi-bergan
:
O. H. Ger. ga-pergan
.]
Linked entries
v.  ge-bearg ge-borgen.
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