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ge-fégan

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-fégan, -fégean; p. de; pp. ed; v. trans.
To join, unite, compact, compose; jungĕre, conjungĕre, compingĕre, compōnĕre
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  • Con he sídne ræced fæste gefégan

    he can firmly compact the spacious dwelling,

    • Exon. 79 a; Th. 296, 8
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    • Crä. 48 : 79 a; Th. 297, 10
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    • Crä. 66
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  • Ic ða ged ne mæg gefégean

    I cannot compose the songs,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 2, 11
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    • Met. 2, 6
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  • Ic gefége

    compōno,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 28, 3; Som. 30, 57
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  • Conjunctio gefégþ togædere ǽgðer ge naman ge word

    a conjunction joins together both nouns and verbs,

    • 5; Som. 3, 48, 51
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    • Bt. 21; Fox 74, 37
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  • Se geféhþ fela folca tosomne

    he joins many people together,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 11, 177
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    • Met. 11, 89
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  • Gefég ðás bricas

    join these fragments,

    • Homl. Th. i. 62, 7
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  • Ne weorþaþ hí nǽfre tosomne geféged

    they are never united together,

    • Bt. 16, 63; Fox 56, 7
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    • Bt. Met. Fox 20, 231
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    • Met. 20, 116 : 20, 241
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    • Met. 20, 121
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  • Gifoega

    sociare, conciliare,

    • Rtl. 104, 12 : 74, 18
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