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ge-wemman

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-wemman, p. -wemde; pp. -wemmed, -wemd
To stain, defile, pollute, profane, corrupt, vitiate, mar,injure; coinquĭnāre, turpāre, polluĕre, profānāre, corrumpĕre, vĭtiāre, contāmĭnāre, viŏlāre
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  • Ne mihte heora wlite gewemnian wylm ðæs wæfran líges

    the heat of the flickering flame might not corrupt their beauty,

    • Cd. 185
      • ;
    • Th. 231, 1
      • ;
    • Dan. 240
      • .

  • Ic gewemme

    corrumpo,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 28, 6
      • ;
    • Som. 32, 21
      • .

  • Ðyder þeóf ne geneálǽcþ, ne moþþe ne gewemþ

    quo fur non apprŏpiat, neque tĭnea corrumpit,

    • Lk. Bos. 12, 33
      • .

  • Hí on ðam temple gewemmaþ ðone resteðæg

    in templo sabbătum viŏlant,

    • Mt. Bos. 12, 5
      • .

  • Ic honda gewemde

    I have polluted my hands,

    • Cd. 52
      • ;
    • Th. 672
      • ;
    • Gen. 1094
      • .

  • Ðú gewemdest his hálignesse on eorþan

    profānasti in terra sanctĭtātem ejus,

    • Ps. Th. 88, 32
      • :
    • Exon. 29 b
      • ;
    • Th. 91, 5
      • ;
    • Cri. 1487
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  • Ða ðín fǽle hús ealh háligne gewemdan

    coinquĭnāvērunt templum sanctum tuum,

    • Ps. Th. 78, 1
      • .

  • Næs him gewemmed wlite

    his beauty was not injured,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2940
      • ;
    • An. 1473
      • :
    • Cd. 4
      • ;
    • Th. 5, 13
      • ;
    • Gen. 71
      • :
    • Bd. 2, 12
      • ;
    • S. 513, 15
      • :
    • Ps. Spl. 13, 2
      • .

  • He geseah síde sǽlwongas widlum gewemde

    he saw the wide fertile plains defiled with pollutions,

    • Cd. 64
      • :
    • Th. 78, 16
      • ;
    • Gen. 1294
      • .
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v.  wemman.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-wemman.” 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/16772.

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