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ge-frǽge

  • adjective
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Grammar
ge-frǽge, -frége; adj.
Known, renowned, celebrated, remarkable, noted, famous, notorious, infamous; nŏtus, mănĭfestus, celĕber, fāmōsus
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  • Hæbbe ic gefrugnen ðætte is eástdǽlum on æðelast londa, firum gefrǽge

    I have heard tell that in eastern parts there is a land most noble, renowned among men,

    • Exon. 55 b; Th. 197, 22
    • ;
    • Ph. 3 : 44 b; Th. 151, 8
    • ;
    • Gú. 792
    • .
  • Ic eom folcum gefrǽge

    I am noted among people,

    • 130 b; Th. 500, 7
    • ;
    • Rä. 89, 3
    • :
    • Beo. Th. 109
    • ;
    • B. 55
    • .
  • Wæs úre líf fracuþ and gefrǽge

    our life was vile and infamous,

    • Exon. 53 a; Th. 186, 23
    • ;
    • Az. 24
    • :
    • Cd. 180; Th. 235, 10
    • ;
    • Dan. 304
    • .
  • Hæleðum gefrǽgost

    most famous among men,

    • 162; Th. 202, 27
    • ;
    • Dan. 394
    • .
Etymology
[
O. Sax. gi-frági
:
Icel. frægr
.]
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