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ge-fadian

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-fadian, p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed
To set in order, dispose, arrange, regulate; ordĭnāre, dispōnĕre
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  • Se ðe awent of Ledene on Englisc sceal gefadian hit swá ðæt ðæt Englisc hæbbe his ǽgene wísan

    he that translates from Latin into English must arrange it so that the English have its own manner,

    • Thw. Hept. p. 4, 9
      • .

  • Se Feeder gefadaþ ealle þing

    the Father disposes all things,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 606, 3
      • .

  • He gefadode wið ða burhware

    he arranged with the townsfolk,

    • Chr. 1052; Erl. 184, 21
      • :
    • Homl. Th. i. 278, 19
      • .

  • Hí ða gebytlunge gefadedon

    they arranged the building,

    • ii. 172, 30
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  • Gefadige [gefadie MS. B.] man ða steóre swá hit for Gode sý gebeorhlíc and fór worulde aberendlíc

    let the correction be regulated so that it be becoming before God and tolerable before the world,

    • L. C. S. 2; Th. i. 376, 13
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  • Gefadad

    disposed,

    • Th. Diplm. A. D. 972; 522, 12
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-fadian.” 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/14244.

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