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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
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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