ge-rád
- noun [ neuter ]
Grammar
Consideration, account, condition, reason, wisdom, prudence, manner; ratio, conditio
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Ðá he ðæt gerád sette
cum coepisset rationem ponere,
- Mt. Bos. 18, 24 .
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Se hláford dyhte hym gerád
dominus posuit rationem cum eis,
- 25, 19 .
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Ðám ealdum gedafenaþ ðæt hí tǽcon sum gerád heora geonglingum
ad senes spectat juvenes prudentia erudire,
- Ælfc. Gr. pref ;
- Som. 1, 33 .
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On ðæt gerád ðet he gesylle ǽlce geáre
on the condition that he give every year,
- Th. Chart. 147, 31 :
- Chr. 945:
- Erl. 116, 31 .
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To ðam geráde ðe ...
on the condition that ...,
- Th. Chart. 168, 13 .
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On ða ylcan gerád
under the same conditions,
- Ps. Th. 9, argument 3 .
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Crist awende úre stuntnysse to geráde
Christ turned our folly to wisdom,
¨- Homl. Th. i. 208, 19.
¶ On ðæt gerád
for that reason,
- Ors. 1, 12 ;
- Bos. 36, 4 .
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On ða gerád
on the condition or account,
- Bt. 7, 3 ;
- Fox 22, 7 :
- Chr. Erl. 3, 15: 1093 ;
- Erl. 229, 25 .
Entry information
Citation
Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-rád.” 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/15619.
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