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ge-winnan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
ge-winnan, p. -wan, -won, -wann, pl. -wunnon; pp. -wunnen.
Wright's OE grammar
§651;
to make war, fight, contend; pugnare, bellum gerere
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  • He ána gewon

    he fought alone,

    • Exon. 39 a
      • ;
    • Th. 129, 15
      • ;
    • Gú. 21
      • :
    • Bd. 3, 19
      • ;
    • S. 548, 2
      • .

  • Hú hie wið ðæm drý gefliton and gewunnon

    how they contended and strove against the sorcerer,

    • Blickl. Homl. 173, 3
      • .
to obtain by fighting, to conquer, gain, win; pugna consequi, obtinere, subjugare
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  • Hú he mihte Normandige of him gewinnan

    how he might conquer [win] Normandy from him,

    • Chr. 1090
      • ;
    • Erl. 226, 25
      • .

  • Ne mágon we ðæt on aldre gewinnan

    we cannot ever obtain that,

    • Cd. 421
      • ;
    • Th. 26, 6
      • ;
    • Gen. 402
      • .

  • Ǽnig ne mæg friþ gewinnan

    no one may gain peace,

    • Exon. 22 b
      • ;
    • Th. 62, 14
      • ;
    • Cri. 1001
      • .

  • Ðæs ðe he heora sáulum to hǽle and to rǽde gewinnan mihte

    provided that he could win their souls to salvation and counsel,

    • Blickl. Homl. 227, 4
      • .

  • He hit gewan mid wisdóme

    he gained it by wisdom,

    • Th. Ap. 4, 19
      • .

  • Chananéus ðá wann wið Israéla bearn and sige on him gewann

    the Canaanite fought against the children of Israel and gained a victory over them,

    • Num. 21, 1
      • .

  • Ðone cyning ðe hie ǽr mid unrihte gewunnen hæfde

    the king that had before unjustly conquered them,

    • Bt. 16, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 52, 22
      • .

  • On ágenum hwílum mid earfeþum gewunnen

    laboriously gained in their own time,

    • Swt. A. S. Rdr. 106, 55
      • .

  • Ðá wæs Rómána ríce gewunnen

    then the empire of the Romans was conquered,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 1, 34
      • ;
    • Met. 1, 17
      • .
Etymology
[
O. Sax. ge-winnan:
O. H. Ger. ga-winnan:
Ger. ge-winnen to gain, obtain.
]
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-winnan.” 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/16837.

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