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ge-þofta

  • noun [ masculine ]
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ge-þofta, an; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§401;
A companion, comrade; sŏdālis, contŭbernālis
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  • Onbræd se his geþofta and lócade to him

    expergefactus sŏdālis respexit eum,

      Bd. 3, 27; S. 559, 17.
  • Ðe ǽr his geþofta wæs

    who was formerly his companion,

      Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 61, 18: 3, 11; Bos. 74, 45.
  • Geþofta

    contŭbernālis,

      Ælfc. Gr. 49; Som. 65, 80; Wrt. Voc. 34, 12.
  • Ðæt ðú sí gemyndig ðínes getreówan geþoftan

    tui mĕmor sis fīdissimi sŏdālis,

      Bd. 4, 29; S. 607, 25.
  • Gemétte he ðone his geþoftan slǽpendne

    invēnit sŏdālem dormientem,

      3, 27; S. 559, 14.
  • He gesomnode wered his geþoftena

    he collected a band of his companions,

      Guthl. 2; Gdwn. 14, 2: Shrn. 196, 20.
  • Geþofta

    cliens,

      Wrt. Voc. 291, 33.
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v.  þyften.
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