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ge-rýman

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-rýman, p. de; pp. ed [rýman to make room]
To extend, enlarge, make room, open, manifest, expand; dīlātāre, amplĭfĭcāre, lŏcum dāre, apĕrīre, expandĕre
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  • Ongyn ðé scip wyrcan, on ðam ðú monegum scealt reste gerýman

    begin thou to make a ship, in which than shalt make room for resting-places to many,

    • Cd. 65
      • ;
    • Th. 78, 36
      • ;
    • Gen. 1304
      • .

  • Ic gerýme ðíne gemǽro

    dīlātāvĕro termĭnos tuos,

    • Ex. 34, 24
      • .

  • He óðrum gerýmeþ wyrmum to wiste

    he clears the way for other worms' repast,

    • Exon. l00 a
      • ;
    • Th. 374, 9
      • ;
    • Seel. 123
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  • Ic him lífes weg gerýmde

    I opened the way of life to them,

    • Rood Kmbl. 175
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    • Kr. 89
      • :
    • Elen. Kmbl. 2496
      • ;
    • El. 1249
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  • Ðú me gerýmdes

    dīlātasti mihi,

    • Ps. Th. 4, 1
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  • Octauianus gerýmde Rómána ríce

    Octavianus extended the Roman empire,

    • Homl. Th. i. 32, 18
      • .

  • Ðæt hie him óðer flet eal gerýmdon

    that they would wholly open to him another dwelling,

    • Beo. Th. 2177
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    • B. 1086
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  • Se weg biþ us gerýmed

    the way is open to us,

    • Boutr. Scrd. 20, 32
      • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 3159
      • ;
    • An. 1582
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    • Bt. Met. Fox 1, 37
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    • Met. 1, 19
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    • Homl. Th. i. 564, 18
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    • 28, 12
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  • Se ðe his godcundnesse mid sóþum wísum gerýmeþ

    who truly manifests his divinity,

    • Blickl. Homl. 179, 24
      • .

  • Gif him swá byþ gerýmed

    if he has opportunity,

    • Basil admn. 9
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    • Norm. 52, 28
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  • On ðam rýmette ðe se cing hét gerýmen into ealdan mynstre

    in the space that the king ordered to cede to the old monastery,

    • Ch. Th. 231, 26
      • .
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v.  rýman.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-rýman.” 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/15764.

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