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to please, be pleasing to, be agreeable to
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  • Ic ðé on hleóðre hearpan gecwéme,

      Ps. Th. 107, 2.
  • Þú éce líf eallum dǽlest, swá hér manna gehwylc Metode gecwémað,

      Hy. 10, 58.
  • Ic ne gecwémde

    non placui,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 27.
  • Heora ofspring, þone dǽl ðe him ǽr gecwémde,

      Hml. Th. i. 28, 3.
to satisfy, content by discharge of an obligation or demand
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  • Micel is ꝥ sácerd áh tó dónne ... gif hé his Drihtne gecwémeð mid rihte. Ll. Th. i. 360, 31.
  • Þá þe Gode hýrdan and mid rihte gecwémdon,

      Ll. Lbm. 472, 13.
  • Se man þám óðrum riht gedó, gecwime (= -cwéme?

    or = -cume ?) an feó oþþe an áðe let the one man do the other right, satisfy him by payment or by giving security on oath (or agree upon payment or security ),

      Ll. Th. i. 30, 20.
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