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  • ꝥ cild Críst wearð geboren ágeán of Egiptan,

      Chr. 3; P. 5, 22.

  • Sió gifu þæs hálegan gerýnes. . . bútan ǽnigre yldinge is tó berenne (gebeorenne, -anne,

    v. ll.) sancti mysterii gratia . . . sine ulla dilatione offerenda est,

      Bd. I. 27 ; Sch. 80, 3.

  • Geboronae

    exposito,

      Txts. 58, 359.

  • Geborene,

    Wrt. Voc. ii. 29, ii.

      29,61.
to bear young.
to carry in the womb
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  • þú wuldres þrym bósme gebǽre,

      Cri. 84.
to bring forth:
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  • þ ín wíf þé gebereþ (pariet ) sunu.

      Bl. H. 165, 9.

  • Gif hió cwic bearn gebyreð,

      Ll. Th. i. 22, 4 : 24, 1.

  • Hé hyre gecýdde þæt heó sceolde geberan (parere) Godes sunu . . . þá wearð heó on innoðe geeácnod and mid þám cilde wearð sóna, and þæt gebær, ðá hit þæs tima wæs.

      Wlfst. 22, 5-9.

  • Heó ácende hyre suna Gode myd gáste ðe heó myd líchaman on myddangearde gebær.

      Shrn. 151, 8.

  • Siþþan þú ǽrest geboren wǽre oð þisne dæg

    from the very day you were born until this day,

      Bt. 8; F. 24, 21.

  • Sóna swá hé ácenned wæs and geboren

    at his birth,

      Bl. 167, 10.

  • For geborene ge for ungeborene,

      Ll. Th. i. 152, 6.
of an animal
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  • Sylle hé þone áð ꝥ hit on his ǽhte geboren wǽre,

      Ll. Th. i. 204, 14. geboren born,
with reference to rank, position, &c.
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  • Gylde hine man swá hé geboren sý Ll. Th. i. 174,

      15.
    þæt þes eorl wǽre geboren betera, B. 1703.

  • Hí cuǽdon þæt hié þæt ríce tó his honda healdan sceoldon, for þǽm hira nán næs on fædrenhealfe tó geboren,

      Chr. 887 ; P. 80, 22.
with reference to nationality, relationship
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  • Hé of hiora (the Goths') lande geboren wæs

    he was a native of their country,

      Ors. 6, 37 ; S. 296, 12.

  • His geborena bróþer

    frater germanus,

      Gr. D. 344, 9.

  • Græf golde strégan bróðor his geborenum,

      Seef. 98.

  • Man mót feohtan mid his geborene (-um,

    v. l.

    ) mǽge;
      Ll. Th. i. 90, 24.

  • Syndon him twégen beornas geborene bróðorsybbum

    he has two brothers,

      An. 690.
with a complementary noun or adjective
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  • Hé bið mennisc man geboren,

      Wlfst. 84, 12.

  • Sum cild sié full hál geboren,

      Bt. 38, 5 ; F. 206, 22.

  • Gif mon sié dumb oþþe deáf geboren,

      Ll. Th. i. 70, 14.

  • Blindum giborenum

    (caeca nato)

    égo untýndist.
      Rtl. 101, 38.
Etymology
[Goth. ga-bairan: O. Sax. gi-beran: O. H. Ger. ge-beran.]
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v. un-geboren.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-beran.” 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/47226.

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