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ge-býrian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
ge-býrian, -býrigan, -bírian; 3rd sing. eþ; p. ede; pp. ed; 3rd sing. aþ; p. ode; pp. od. [The cognate words point to a short vowel.]
v. intrans.
To happen, to fall out, to pertain to, belong to; evenire, accidere, contingere, pertinere ad
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  • ÐDonne hit gebýrigan mæg

    when it may happen,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 4, 22
      • ;
    • Met. 4, 11
      • .

  • Syle me mínne dǽl mínre ǽhte, ðe me to gebýreþ

    da mihi portionem substantiæ quæ me contingit,

    • Lk. Bos. 15, 12
      • .

  • Hit nis náuht ðæt mon cwiþ ðæt ǽnig þing weás gebýrige

    it is naught [nothing] that men say that anything happens by chance,

    • Bt. 40, 5; Fox 240, 28
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 4, 5
      • .

  • Ðás ðing gebyrigeaþ ǽryst

    oportet primum hæc fieri,

    • Lk. Bos. 21, 9
      • .

  • Men cwǽdon gió ðonne him hwæt unwénunga gebýrede, ðæt ðæt wære weás gebýred

    men said formerly, when anything happened to them unexpectedly, that it happened by chance,

    • Bt. 40, 6; Fox 242, 4 : 16, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 54, 3
      • .

  • Gebýrode,

    • Ex. 14, 28
      • .

  • And feng to ealle ðam landum ðe ðǽr-to gebýredon

    and took to all the lands which thereto belonged,

    • Chr. 910; Erl. 101, 6
      • .
v. impers.
It pertains to, it is fitting or suitable, it becomes, it behoves; pertinet ad, convenit, oportet, decet
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  • Swá gebýreþ ælcum Cristnum men

    as it becometh every Christian man,

    • Ps. Th. 39, Arg
      • .

  • Swá ðǽr-to gebýrige

    as may thereto be becoming,

    • L. Eth. vi. 22; Th. i. 320, 11
      • :
    • L. Ath. v. 1, 4; Th. i. 230, 3
      • .

  • Ne gebýraþ hit swá

    non ita convenit,

    • Gen. 48, 18
      • .

  • Him ne gebýraþ to ðám sceápum

    non pertinet ad eum de ovibus,

    • Jn. Bos. 10, 13
      • .

  • Him gebýrode to ðám þearfum

    de egenis pertinebat ad eum,

    • 12, 6
      • .

  • Hine man byrigde swá him wel gebýrede

    they buried him as well became him,

    • Chr. 1036; Th. 294, 22
      • ,

  • On ealle þeóda gebýraþ beón ðæt gódspel gebodod

    in omnes gentes oportet prædicari evangelium,

    • Mk. Bos. 13, 10
      • .
Etymology
[
Orm. 3rd pres. birrþ it becomes, 3rd p. birrde
:
Havl. p. birde
:
R. Brun. burd
:
Gaw. gloss. burde
:
O. Sax. giburian accidere, evenire, contingere
:
Ger. gebühren
:
O. H. Ger. gaburjan pertinere, contingere
:
O. Nrs. byrja incipere, inchoare, decere
.]
Similar entries
v. býrian.
Linked entries
v.  ge-bíraþ býre.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-býrian.” 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/13854.

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