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ge-rád

  • adjective
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Grammar
ge-rád, adj.
Considered, instructed, learned, skilful, expert, prudent, suited, conditioned; consultus, consideratus, instructus, peritus, prudens, elegans, concinnus
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  • Gif ic ðé gerádne geméte

    if I find thee instructed [skilful],

      Bt. 5, 1; Fox 10, 16.

  • Hí wurdon geráde wígcræfta

    they became skilful in the arts of war,

      Ors. 1, 2; Bos. 26, 29.

  • Sió is swíðe wel gerád and swíðe gemetfæst

    she is very prudent and very modest,

      Bt. 10; Fox 28, 20: Beo. Th. 1751; B. 873.

  • Ic him rúmne weg and gerádne tǽhte

    I might shew him a spacious and direct road,

      Guthl. prol; Gdwn. 6, 3.

  • On geráde sprǽce

    into prose,

      Bd. 5, 24; S. 648, 22.

  • Gerád beón wiþ his wyrd to be suited to his fortune, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 32, 11. ¶ Ðus gerád, swá gerád

    such, of such sort,

      Jn. Bos. 8, 5: Deut. 4, 32: Basil admn. 2; Norm. 36, 30: Guthl. 3; Gdwn. 22, 2: Bt. 39, 11; Fox 230, 16.

  • Hú gerád

    of what kind,

      Guthl. 17; Gdwn. 72, 2.
Etymology
[Laym. i-rad: Goth. ga-raids.]
Derived forms
DER. un-ge-rád.
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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/15620.

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