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ge-limpan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
ge-limpan, he -limpeþ, -limpþ; p. -lamp, -lomp, pl. -lumpon; subj. p. -lumpe, pl. -lumpen; pp. -lumpen
Wright's OE grammar
§282; §498; §651;
To happen, occur, befall, come to pass, take place; accĭdĕre, evĕnīre, contingĕre
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  • Ðæt gelimpan sceal ðætte lagu flóweþ ofer foldan

    it shall happen that water shall flow over the earth,

    • Exon. 115 b; Th. 445, 1
      • ;
    • Dóm. 1 : 117 b; Th. 452, 5
      • ;
    • Dóm. 116
      • .

  • Hit eft gelimpeþ ðæt se líchoma lǽne gedreóseþ

    it afterwards befalls that the body miserably sinks,

    • Beo. Th. 3511
      • ;
    • B. 1753
      • .

  • Gyf hyt gelimpþ ðæt he hyt fint

    si contĭgĕret ut invĕniat eam,

    • Mt. Bos. 18, 13
      • .

  • Ðá gelamp hit

    then it happened,

    • Gen. 40, 1
      • :
    • Homl. Th. ii. 120, 14
      • .

  • Frófor eft gelamp sárigmódum

    comfort afterwards came to the sad of mood,

    • Beo. Th. 5875
      • ;
    • B. 2940
      • .

  • Ðá sió tíd gelomp

    when the time came,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 26, 34
      • ;
    • Met. 26, 17
      • :
    • Bt. 18, 4; Fox 66, 27
      • .

  • Ealle ðás ungesǽlþa us gelumpon þurh unrǽdas

    all these calamities befell us through evil counsels,

    • Chr. 1011; Erl. 145, 1
      • .

  • Gif ðé ðæt gelimpe

    if that befall thee,

    • Elen. Kmbl.879
      • ;
    • El. 441
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 1862
      • ;
    • B. 929
      • .

  • Geseón hwæt us gelumpe

    vĭdēre quid nōbis accĭdĕret,

    • Bd. 5, 1; S. 614, 3
      • :
    • Exon. 35 a; Th. 113, 32
      • ;
    • Gú. 165
      • .

  • Gregorius Gode þancode ðæt Angelcynne swá gelumpen wæs, swá swa he sylf geornlíce gewilnode

    Gregory thanked God that it had so happened to the English nation, as he himself had earnestly desired,

    • Homl. Th ii. 130, 28
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 1653
      • ;
    • B. 824
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-limpan.” 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/15010.

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