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GE-DÉFE

  • adjective
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Grammar
GE-DÉFE, -doefe; comp. -ra; superl. -est, -ust; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§12; §434; §438; §553; §574;
Becoming, fit, proper, seemly, convenient, agreeable, decent, quiet, mild, meek, gentle, kind, benevolent; congruus, convĕniens, dĕcens, opportūnus, hŏnestus, quiētus, mansuētus, bĕnignus
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  • Swá hit gedéfe wæs

    as it was fit,

    • Beo. Th. 3345
      • ;
    • B. 1670
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 60, 6 : 117, 13
      • .

  • Ne biþ ðæt gedéfe ðeáþ

    that is not a seemly death,

    • Exon. 91 a; Th. 340, 26
      • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 117
      • .

  • Beóþ gé gedoefe

    estote vos perfecta,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 5, 48
      • .

  • Noe wæs dómfæst and gedéfe

    Noah was just and meek,

    • Cd. 64; Th. 78, 2
      • ;
    • Gen. 1287
      • :
    • Exon. 41 a; Th. 136, 34
      • ;
    • Gú. 551
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 2458
      • ;
    • B. 1227
      • .

  • Gedéfe is ðín milde mód

    bĕnigna est misĕrĭcordia tua,

    • Ps. Th. 68, 16
      • .

  • Gedéfe sacerd

    sacerdos quietus,

    • Nar. 37, 25
      • .

  • Eart ðú on lifigendra lande se gedéfa dǽl

    tu es portio mea in terra vīventium,

    • 141, 5
      • .

  • On tíde gedéfre

    in tempŏre opportūno,

    • Ps. Spl. C. 144, 16
      • :
    • Bd. 4, 1; S. 564, 3
      • .

  • Þurh gedéfne dóm

    with fitting judgment,

    • Exon. 41 b; Th. 138, 26
      • ;
    • Gú. 582
      • :
    • Bd. 4, 1; S. 564, 4
      • .

  • Dó gedéfe mid me Drihten, tácen

    fac mecum, Dŏmĭne, signum in bŏno,

    • Ps. Th. 85, 16
      • .

  • Ða synd líðe and gedéfe

    they are meek and gentle,

    • Homl. Th. i. 550, 20
      • .

  • Sýn hí adilgad of gedéfra eác ðæra lifigendra leófra bócum

    deleantur de libro vīventium,

    • Ps. Th. 68, 29
      • .

  • Wuna mid us ðæt ðú us gedéfra gedó

    stop with us to improve us,

    • St. And. 24, 8
      • .

  • Deórust and gedéfust

    dearest and fittest,

    • 102, 16
      • .

  • Ealra démena ðam gedéfestan

    to the most benevolent of all judges,

    • Exon. 93 a; Th. 350, 4
      • ;
    • Sch. 58
      • .
Etymology
[
Goth. ga-dóbs fitting
.]
Derived forms
lǽr-gedéfe
Linked entries
v.  deáf-líc.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “GE-DÉFE.” 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/14043.

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  • GE-DÉFE, adj.

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