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ge-frédan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
ge-frédan, ic -fréde, ðú -frédest, he -frédeþ, frét, pl. -frédaþ; p. -frédde; pp. -fréded
Wright's OE grammar
§530;
To feel, perceive, know, be sensible of; sentīre
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  • Sió gefrédnes hine mæg gegrápian, and gefrédan ðæt hit líchoma biþ, ac hió ne mæg gefrédan hwæðer he biþ ðe blac ðe hwít

    the feeling may touch it, and feel that it is a body, but cannot feel whether it be black or white,

    • Bt. 41, 4; Fox 252, 10, 11
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  • Ðeáh ðe we hit gefrédan ne mágon

    though we cannot perceive it,

    • Boutr. Scrd. 18, 44
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  • Ic gefréde

    sentio,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 30; Som. 34, 39 : 37
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    • Som. 39, 8
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  • Se líchama awent eorþan and anbídaþ æristes, and on ðam fyrste nán þing ne gefrét

    the body turns to earth and awaits the resurrection, and in that space feels nothing,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 232, 25
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  • Stánas ne gefrédaþ

    stones have not sense,

    • i. 302, 14, 18
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  • Heó on hire gefrédde ðæt heó of ðam wíte gehǽled wæs

    sensit corpŏre quia sonāta esset a plāga,

    • Mk. Bos. 5, 29
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  • He gefrédde his deáþes neálǽcunge

    he was sensible of his death's approach,

    • Homl. Th. i. 88, 8 : 574, 16
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  • Hí swurdes ecge ne gefréddon

    they felt not the sword's edge,

    • 544, 22
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  • Ðæt he gefréde

    that he has sense,

    • 302, 21
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-frédan.” 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/14414.

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