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ge-weorþan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
ge-weorþan, -wiorþan, -wurþan, -wyrþan; he -weorþeþ, -weorþ, pl. -weorpaþ; p. ic, he -wearþ, ðú -wurde, pl. -wurdon; subj. pres. -weorþe, pl. -weorþen; p. -wurde, pl. -wurden; pp. -worden.
to be, be made, become, happen; fiĕri
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  • Hú mágon ðás þing ðus geweorþan

    quomŏdo possunt hæc fiĕri?

    • Jn. Bos. 3, 9
      • :
    • Elen. Kmbl. 909
      • ;
    • El. 456
      • .

  • Ne séc ðú þurh hlytas hú ðé geweorþan scyle

    seek not by lots how it is to happen to thee,

    • rov. Kmbl. 32
      • .

  • Hú geweorþeþ ðæt

    how happeneth that?

    • Salm. Kmbl. 684
      • ;
    • Sal, 341
      • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 2872
      • ;
    • An. 1439
      • .

  • Gif feaxfang geweorþ

    if there be a taking hold of the hair,

    • L. Ethb. 33
      • ;
    • Th. i. 12, 3
      • .

  • Ealle gesceafte forhte geweorþaþ

    all creatures shall tremble,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2298
      • ;
    • An. 1502
      • .

  • He gewyrþ micelre mǽgþe

    he shall become a great nation,

    • Gen. 21, 18
      • .

  • Ðes sige gewearþ Punicum

    this victory happened to the Carthaginians,

    • Ors. 4, 6
      • ;
    • Bos. 85, 23
      • .

  • Ic his módor gewearþ

    I have become his mother,

    • Exon. 11 a
      • ;
    • Th. 13, 30
      • ;
    • Cri. 210
      • :
    • 9 a
      • ;
    • Th. 6, 33
      • ;
    • Cri. 93
      • .

  • Ðu ðissum hysse hold gewurde

    thou hast been gracious to this man,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1100
      • ;
    • An. 550
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  • Sió fǽhþ gewearþ gewrecen wráþlíce

    the quarrel was wrothfully avenged,

    • Beo. Th. 6115
      • ;
    • B. 3061
      • :
    • Exon. 33 b
      • ;
    • Th. 107, 26
      • ;
    • Gú. 64
      • :
    • Chr. 592
      • ;
    • Erl. 19, 34
      • .

  • Gewurdon manige wundor on manegum landum

    many wonders happened in many lands,

    • Ors. 5, 10
      • ;
    • Bos, 108, 16
      • .

  • Ðæt me Meotud moncynnes milde geweorþe

    that the Lord of mankind be merciful to me,

    • Exon. 75 b
      • ;
    • Th. 282, 23
      • ;
    • Jul. 667
      • :
    • 78 b
      • ;
    • Th. 294, 19
      • ;
    • Cra. 17
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  • Ðeáh mín bán and blód bútú geweorþen eorþan to eácan

    though my bones and blood both become an increase to earth,

    • 38 a
      • ;
    • Th. 125, 9
      • ;
    • Gú. 351
      • .

  • Saga, hú ðæt gewurde

    say how that happened,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1115
      • ;
    • An. 558
      • :
    • Exon. 11 a
      • ;
    • Th. 15, 19
      • ;
    • Cri. 238
      • .

  • Ðæt word wæs flǽsc geworden

    verbum căro factum est,

    • Jn. Bos. 1, 14
      • :
    • Homl. Th. i. 40, 17
      • :
    • Cd. 219
      • ;
    • Th. 282, 5
      • ;
    • Sat. 282
      • :
    • 223
      • ;
    • Th. 293, 10
      • ;
    • Sat. 453
      • .

  • Wæs onlíce bí hig geworden [swá bí Zachariam] gewearþ and bí Elizabeþ his wífe

    it had happened with them as it happened with Zacharias and his wife Elizabeth,

    • Shrn. 36, 12
      • .

  • We geségon windas and wǽgas forhte gewordne

    we saw winds and waves become fearful,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 913
      • ;
    • An. 457
      • .
v. impers.
cum acc. To happen, come to pass, befall, come together, agree, be agreeable; contingĕre, evĕnīre, convĕnīre, plăcēre
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  • Ne mihte hí betwih him geþwǽrian and geweorþan

    they might not accord and agree among themselves,

    • Bd. 4, 4
      • ;
    • S. 571, 2
      • :
    • Cd. 81
      • ;
    • Th. 101, 32
      • ;
    • Gen. 169, 1
      • .

  • Hú gewearþ ðé ðæs

    how doth this befall thee?

    • Andr. Kmbl. 613
      • ;
    • An. 307
      • :
    • Jud. 16, 21
      • .

  • Me gewearþ

    convĕnior,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 37
      • ;
    • Som. 39, 6
      • .

  • Hý gewearþ, ðæt hý woldan to Rómánum friþes wilnian

    they agreed that they would seek peace from the Romans,

    • Ors. 4, 6
      • ;
    • Bos. 86, 17
      • :
    • 5, 10
      • ;
    • Bos. 108, 29
      • :
    • 6, 30
      • ;
    • Bos. 126, 24
      • :
    • Gen. 20, 13
      • .

  • Ðá hí nánre sibbe gewearþ

    when they could not agree upon any terms of peace,

    • Ors. 4, 11
      • ;
    • Bos. 97, 19
      • .

  • Ðeáh ðe Rómáne hæfde geworden ðæt ...

    though the Romans had agreed that...,

    • 4, 12
      • ;
    • Bos. 98, 43
      • .

  • Hú ðone cumbolwígan hæfde geworden

    how it had befallen the warrior,

    • Judth. 12
      • ;
    • Thw. 25, 15
      • ;
    • Jud. 260
      • .
cum dat
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  • Ðá gewearþ ðam hláforde and ðám hýrigmannum wiþ ánum peninge

    then the lord and the labourers agreed on a penny

    ,
    • Th. An. 73, 29
      • :
    • 74, 21
    [or acc.].

  • Gewearþ him and ðam folce on Lindesíge ánes ðæt hí hine horsian sceolde

    it was agreed between him and the people of Lindsey that they should provide him with horses,

    • Chr. 1014
      • ;
    • Erl. 151, 1
      • :
    • Thw. 161, 30
      • .

  • Wyn ðú ongeán ðone wuldres cyning and gewurþe ðé and him

    fight against the king of glory and let there be an agreement between thee and him,

    • Nicod. 27
      • ;
    • Thw. 15, 14
      • .
Etymology
[Cf.
O. Sax. thea gumon alle giwarth that...:
Goth. ga-wairþi peace?
]
Linked entries
v.  ge-wurþan ge-wyrþan.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-weorþan.” 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/16790.

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