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ge-þwǽrian

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-þwǽrian, -þwérian; p. ode, ede; pp. od.
to cause to agree, to make accordant, mild
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  • He geþwǽrede ða ðe óþ ðæt ungeþwǽre wǽron

    he brought those to agree who until then had disagreed,

      Bd. 3, 6; S. 528, 31.
  • God gemetgaþ ealla gesceafta and geþwǽraþ ðá hé betwuh him wuniaþ

    God regulates all creatures and makes them agree when they exist together,

      Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 10: 8; Fox 224, 9, Cot. MS. Geþwéraþ [geþweraþ?
    ] Bt. Met. Fox 29, 94; Met. 29, 47.
  • Ðú geþwéras

    tu mitigas,

      Ps. Spl. T. 88, 10.
  • Geþwiǽrodes

    mitigasti,

      84, 3.
to be or
become in accord, to agree, consent, be agreeable; consentire, concordare, congruere, convenire
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  • Se eorl nolde ná geþwǽrian ðære infare

    the earl would not consent to the entrance,

      Chr. 1048; Erl. 178, 11.
  • Uton geþwǽrian mid ðam yrþlinge

    conveniamus apud aratorem,

      Coll. Monast. Th. 31, 27.
  • Gif twegen of eów geþwǽriaþ be ǽlcum þinge

    si duo ex vobis consenserint de omni re,

      Mt. Bos. 18, 19.
  • Ðes ne geþwǽrode hyra geþeahte

    hic non consenserat consilio eorum,

      Lk. Bos. 23, 51.
  • Hí geþwǽredon

    sibi concordant,

      Bd. 2, 2; S. 502, 16.
  • Ða þing ðe geþwǽredon ǽnnysse ðære cyriclícan sibbe

    ea quæ unitati pacis ecclesiasticæ congruerent,

      4, 5; S. 571, 42.
  • Ðú ðe wǽre geþwǽrigende ðam Hǽlende

    thou that wast consenting to the Saviour,

      Nicod. Thw. 6, 24.
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v.  ge-þwǽran.
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