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in a general sense,
a foe
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  • Sé ðe wæs cyrican éhtere ..., þonne onscunode heó hine swylce hé wǽre hire gefá,

      Wlfst. 237, 27.
in a legal sense,
one who is party to a blood-feud
as pursuer
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  • Gif þeów wealh Engliscne monnan ofslihð ... héden his þá gefán,

      Ll. Th. i. 150, 1.

  • Gif hé self his wǽpno his gefán út rǽcan wille,

      64, 18.
as pursued
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  • Be fǽhðum. Wé beódað, se mon, sé þe his gefán hámsittendne wite, ꝥ hé ne feohte ǽr þám þe hé him ryhtes bidde,

      Ll. Th. i. 90, 2.

  • Ꝥ náðor ne hý ne wé ne underfón óðres þeóf ne óðres gefán,

      288, 5.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “gefá.” 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/47856.

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