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ge-timbran

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-timbran, -timbrian, -timbrigean; part. -timbriende; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed [timbrian to build] .
to make of wood, to build, to build up, construct; ædĭfĭcāre, construĕre, exstruĕre
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  • Ciricean getimbran

    to build a church,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 3265
      • ;
    • An. 1635.

  • He hét getimbrian cyrican of treówe

    he commanded a church of wood to be built,

    • Chr. 626
      • ;
    • Erl. 23, 40: Bd. 2, 3
      • ;
    • S. 504, 23.

  • Getimbrigean,

    • Mt. Bos. 26, 61.

  • Getimbriende Hierusalem Drihten

    ædĭfĭcans Hierusalem Dŏmĭnus,

    • Ps. Spl. 146, 2.

  • Ic getimbre hús

    I will build a house,

    • Exon. 36 a
      • ;
    • Th. 117, 9
      • ;
    • Gú. 221.

  • Ic getimbrie,

    • Mk. Bos. 14, 58.

  • Ofer ðisne stán ic getimbrige míne cyrcan

    over this stone I will build my church,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 390, 2, 10, 11, 12.

  • Ná ðú getimbrast hí

    non ædĭfĭcābis eos,

    • Ps. Spl. 27, 7.

  • He getimbreþ eardwíc niwe

    he builds a new dwelling-place,

    • Exon. 62 a
      • ;
    • Th. 227, 28
      • ;
    • Ph. 430: Salm. Kmbl. 150
      • ;
    • Sal. 74.

  • Wá, ðæt ðes towyrpþ Godes templ, and on þrím dagum hyt eft getimbraþ

    vah qui destruis templum Dei, et in trĭduo illud reædĭfĭcas,

    • Mt. Bos. 27, 40: Mk. Bos. 15, 29.

  • On ðam seáþe ufan se eádiga wer, Gúthlác, him hús getimbrode

    over the cistern the blessed man, Guthlac, built himself a house,

    • Guthl. 4
      • ;
    • Gdwin. 26, 9: Gen. 4, 17: Ex. 24, 4.

  • Ðe Róme burh getimbredon

    who built Rome,

    • Ors. 2, 1
      • ;
    • Bos. 38, 41.

  • Naman mínne on ferhþlocan fæste getimbre

    fast build up my name within their hearts,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 3339
      • ;
    • An. 1673.

  • Ðeáh ðe ðæt port beó trumlíce on ǽlce healfe getimbrod

    though the gate be firmly constructed on every side,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 432, 3.

  • Ðǽr getimbred wæs tempel Dryhtnes

    where the temple of the Lord was built,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1333
      • ;
    • An. 667: Ors. 2, 1
      • ;
    • Bos. 39, 30.

  • Beóþ byrig mid Iudéum eft getimbrade

    ædĭfĭcābuntur cīvĭtātes Judæ,

    • Ps. Th. 68, 36: Bd. 1, 1
      • ;
    • S. 473, 27.
to build up the mind, instruct, edify; instruĕre
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  • Ic getimbrige ðé on wege

    instrŭam te in via,

    • Ps. Spl. C. 31, 10.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-timbran.” 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/16579.

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