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ge-sund

  • adjective
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Grammar
ge-sund, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§12; §574;
Sound, healthy, entire, unhurt, safe, favourable, prosperous; sanus, integer, salvus, incolumis, prosper, felix
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  • Ðæs ðe hí hyne gesundne geseón móston

    for that they might see him sound,

      Beo. Th. 3260; B. 1628: Exon. 74 a; Th. 276, 19; Jul. 568: 42 b; Th. 144, 4; Gú. 673: 23 b; Th. 66, 21; Cri. 1075.

  • Beó gesund ave, salve: Beóþ gesunde

    avete, salvete,

      Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 37, 42, 43.

  • He cwæþ 'Wel gesund hláford apolloni'

    he said 'All hail, lord Apollonius,'

      Th. Apol. 7, 21.

  • Ðá cwæþ he to ánum cnapan 'Swá ðú gesund sý sege me'

    then said he to a boy 'So be thou in health, tell me,'

      6, 19.

  • Híg cómon gesunde to hýde

    they came to port safe and sound,

      Shrn. 147, 10.

  • Hý beóþ ðý gesundran

    they will be the healthier,

      Exon. 107 a; Th. 408, 28; Rä. 27, 19.

  • Ðæt ic ðé lǽte brúcan sinces gesundne

    that I will let thee enjoy wealth uninjured,

      Cd. 126; Th. 161, 14; Gen. 2665.

  • Ðonne beón híg ealle gesunde

    cunctus populus salvabitur,

      Deut. 20, 11.

  • On ðære stówe we gesunde mágon bídan

    in that place we may abide safe,

      Cd. 117; Th. 152, 20; Gen. 2523: Exon. 27 b; Th. 82, 21; Cri. 1342: Beo. Th. 641; B. 318.

  • Eálá ðú, Dryhten mín, dó us gesunde

    fac, O Domine, bene prosperare.

      Ps. Th. 117, 23: Elen. Grm. 996: 1005.
Etymology
[O. Sax. gi-sund: O. H. Ger. ge-sunt: Ger. ge-sund.]
Derived forms
DER. sund.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-sund.” 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/16223.

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