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guma

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
guma, an; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §50; §109; §159; §213; §215; §217; §218; §235; §252; §282; §315; §331; §400; §401;
A man; vir, homo
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  • Grétte ðá guma óðerne

    then one man took leave of another,

    • Beo. Th. 1309
    • ;
    • B. 652.
  • God ealle cann guman geþancas

    Dominus novit cogitationes hominum,

    • Ps. Th. 93, 11.
  • Wiste ferhþ guman

    knew the man's mind,

    • Cd. 134
    • ;
    • Th. 169, 2
    • ;
    • Gen. 2793
    • .
  • Guman God wurþedon

    the men worshipped God,

    • 187
    • ;
    • Th. 232, 14
    • ;
    • Dan. 260
    • .
  • Gumena aldor

    ruler of men,

    • 89
    • ;
    • Th. 111, 30
    • ;
    • Gen. 1863.
  • God gumena weard

    God, the guardian of men,

    • 18
    • ;
    • Th. 230, 22
    • ;
    • Dan. 237
    • .
  • Gumena gehwylc

    each man,

    • Exon. 19b
    • ;
    • Th. 51, 25
    • ;
    • Cri. 821: 32a
    • ;
    • Th. 101, 5
    • ;
    • Cri.1654
    • .
  • Gumena bearn

    the children of men,

    • Beo. Th. 1760
    • ;
    • B. 878
    • .
  • Geared gumum gold brittade

    Jared distributed gold to the people,

    • Cd. 59
    • ;
    • Th. 72, 3
    • ;
    • Gen. 1181
    • .
Etymology
[
Laym. gume, gome
;
Piers P. gome
;
O. Sax. gumo
;
m. vir, homo: O. Frs. goma
;
O. H. Ger. goma
;
Goth. guma
;
O. Nrs. gumi
;
m. homo, vir, primipilus: Lat. homo
.]
Derived forms
brýd-, dryht-, þeód-guma
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  • guma, n.