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ge-edníwian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
ge-edníwian, ge-edníwan.
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to renew what is weakened,
restore to efficiency
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  • Ðæt góde mód, ðe sió hǽlo ful oft áweg ádriéfð, ðæt gemynd ðǽre medtrymnesse geedniéwað (-níwað,

    v.l.) (reformat),

      Past. 255, 17.

  • Þú mé geedníwodest mín ríce

    tu restituisti mihi haereditatem meam,

      Ps. Th. 15, 5.

  • Tó þám ǽrrum antimbre geedníw-ude (fragmina) in pristinum statum reformavit (i.

    innouauit),

      An. Ox. 1832.

  • Críst ús geedníwode tó his gelícnisse,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 3, 34.
  • God wolde þurh hine geedníwigian ðisne ealdne middangeard. Hml. S. 22, 12.

  • Wæs úre gecynd geedneówod,

      Bl. H. 11, 10.

  • Þonne wesaþ þíne handa geedneówode,

      153, 12.

  • Swá oft swá hí beóð mé ásægde, hí beóð mé geednýwde

    mihi quoties narratur, innouatur, Gr.

      D. 255, 28.
to restore a disused practice
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  • Se cásere Godes cyrcan gegódode . . . and Godes lof geedníwode. Hml. S. 27, 135.
to renew an action, do again what has been done before,
repeat
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  • Se man þe æfter his dǽdbóte his mánfullan dǽda geedníwað,

      Hml. S. 12, 162.

  • Wé geedníwiað and gemyndgiað dǽre scylde ðe úre ieldesta mǽg ús on forworhte

    parentis primi lapsus iteratur,

      Past. 313, 14.

  • Geedníwa

    instaura,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 20.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. ge-niuwón reformare, reparare.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-edníwian.” 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/47809.

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