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ge-synto

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
ge-synto, indecl. in sing; gen. pl. -synta, -synto; dat. pl. -syntum; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§112; §259; §300; §305; §613;
Health, welfare, safety, prosperity, success, advantage, profit, benefit; sānĭtas, sospĭtas, sălus, prospĕrĭtas
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  • Hí ðære gefeán ðære willendan gesynto onfóþ

    cŭpītæ sospĭtātis gaudia redībunt,

      Bd. 4, 3; S. 570, 22.
  • For heora gesynto

    for their health,

      3, 15; S. 541, 29.
  • Ðe on eallum þingum máron gesynto hæfdon

    qui măgis prospĕrantur in omnĭbus,

      2, 13; S. 516, 8.
  • Geunne me mínra gesynta

    grant me my health,

      Judth. 10; Thw. 22, 34; Jud. 90: Exon. 37 a; Th. 122, 9; Gú. 303.
  • Fela óðera gescreopa and gesynto

    many other advantages and benefits,

      Bd. 4, 22; S. 592, 21.
  • He hét hine leóde swǽse sécean on gesyntum

    he bade him seek his own people in safety,

      Beo. Th. 3742; B. 1869: Ps. Th. 114, 5.
  • Him wǽre mín gesynto leófre ðonne hiora seolfa hǽlo

    magis pro mea salute mori paratos,

      Nar. 30, 17: 8, 6.
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v.  -synto -synto.
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  • ge-synto, n.