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ge-styrian

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-styrian, -stirian; p. ede; pp. ed [ge, styrian to move, stir]
To move, remove, excite, agitate; amovere, agitare
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  • Nælle ðú gestyrege hine

    noli vexare illum,

    • Lk. Skt. Lind. 8, 49.

  • Biþ gestyred hiora orsorgnes [MS. orsorgnesse]

    their prosperity will be removed,

    • Bt. 38, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 196, 23.

  • Ðú wǽre stronge gestyred

    thou wast strongly excited,

    • Exon. 98 a
      • ;
    • Th. 369, 22
      • ;
    • Seel. 45.

  • Ðá wearþ swíðe gestired se here ongeán ðone biscop forðan ðe he nolde heom nán feoh beháten

    then was the [Danish] army very much excited against the bishop because he would not promise them any money,

    • Chr. 1012
      • ;
    • Erl. 146, 12.

  • Mægna ða ðe sint in heofnum gestyred bíþon

    virtutes quæ sunt in cælis movebuntur,

    • Mk. Skt. Lind. 13, 25.

  • Forhuon arogie gestyred

    quid turbamini,

    • 5, 39: Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 24, 6: Jn. Skt. Lind. 12, 27.

  • Dóhter mín from diwble is gestyred

    filia mea a dæmonio vexatur,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 15, 22.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-styrian.” 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/16219.

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