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ge-boned

  • verb
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Grammar
ge-boned, part.
Polished, burnished; pŏlītus
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  • He hæfþ ðiderynn gedón ii mycele gebonede róda, and ii mycele Cristes béc gebonede, and iii gebonede scrín, and i geboned altare

    he has placed therein two large burnished crosses, and two large Christ's books [= Gospels] polished, and three burnished shrines, and one burnished altar,

    • Th. Diplm. A. D. 1050-1073; 429, 11-18
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  • Ic gean Sc̃e Eádmunde twegea gebonedra horna

    I give to St. Edmund two polished horns,

    • Th. Diplm. A. D. 1046; 564, 12
      • .
Etymology
[.
Swed. bona to polish with wax, to rub
:
Dan. bone to cleanse, make clean, to burnish, polish
.]
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-boned.” 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/13730.

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