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ge-dǽlan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
ge-dǽlan, p. de; pp. ed
To divide, part, impart, separate, distribute, share, partake
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  • Seoððan se líchoma and se gást gedǽlde beóþ

    after the body and the spirit shall be separated,

    • Blickl. Homl. 111, 30
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  • Ic gedǽle bá Sicimam et convallem, ða ǽr samod wǽron

    dividam Sichimam et convallem,

    • Ps. Th. 59, 5
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  • Hine gedǽlaþ

    dividet eum,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 24, 51
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  • He sceole wiþ ðæm líchomon hine gedǽlon

    he must separate himself from the body,

    • Blickl. Homl. 97, 21
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  • He hine wiþ ðas world gedǽleþ

    he separates himself from the world,

    • 125, 11; 21, 26
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    • Exon. l0 b; Th. 102, 6
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    • Cri. 1668
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    • Beo. Th. 4836
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    • B. 2422
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    • Exon. Th. 115, 32
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    • Gú. 198
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  • Ne mæg mín líchoma wiþ ðeáþ ge-dǽlan

    my body cannot separate [itself] from [i. e. avoid] death,

    • Exon. Th. 124, 25
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    • Gú. 343; 146, 19
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    • Gú. 712
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  • Gedaelde woeron ł todǽldon woedo míno

    partiti sunt vestimenta mea,

    • Jn. Skt. Lind. 19, 24
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  • Gif he ǽr nele ðone sélestan dǽl Gode gedǽlan

    if he will not before give the best part to God,

    • Blickl. Homl. 195, 7
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  • Ðæt we gedǽlan ðone teóþan dǽl

    that we distribute the tenth part,

    • 39, 19
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  • Gedǽled ðearfendum mannum

    given to the poor,

    • 69, 8; 75, 23
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    • Beo. Th. 143
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    • B. 71
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    • Exon. Th. 371, 19
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    • Seel. 78
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    • Past. 63; Swt. 459, 12
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  • Sceolde he worc ðæs gewinnes gedǽlan

    he should get pain on account of that struggle,

    • Cd. Th. 19, 24
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    • Gen. 296
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Etymology
[
Goth. ga-dailjan
:
O. Sax. gi-délian
:
O. H. Ger. ki-teilan to divide, impart, distribute
.]
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