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ge-limp

  • noun [ neuter ]
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ge-limp, es; n.
An event, accident, a chance; accĭdens, cāsus
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  • Ðara in gelimpe lífe weóldon

    of those who in chance possessed life,

    • Exon. 36 b; Th. 118, 13
    • ;
    • Gú. 239
    • .
  • Is ǽnig óðer on eallum ðám gelimpum búton godes yrre ofer ðas ðeóde swutol and gesýne

    is there anything else plain and visible in these events but God's anger over this people?

    • Swt. A. S. Rdr. 109, 137
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  • Ðá forhtede ðe biscop for ðam fǽrlíce gelimpe

    then the bishop was afraid on account of that dangerous case,

    • Th. An. 121, 5
    • :
    • Th. Ap. 1, 12
    • .
  • Ðú woldest witan his naman and his gelimp

    you wanted to know his name and what had befallen him,

    • 16, 4 : 15, 20, 26
    • .
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v.  ge-lymp be-limp.
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  • ge-limp, n.