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Grammar
ge-feá, d. gefeán, gefeáne; d. pl. gefeán, gefeánum.
Wright's OE grammar
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joy;
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  • Mid mycle gefeán gewuldrad,

      Bl. H. 139, 1.

  • Ðám unblíðum sint tó cýðanne ðá gefeán (laeta) ðe him gehátene sindon,

      Past. 187, 16.

  • Þéh þe hé úte wǽre belocen fram neorcxnawanges gefeán (gaudiis), hé gemunde þá ylcan gefeán, for þon þe hé ǽr heora breác,

      Gr. D. 261, 3-6.

  • Écum gefeánum wilfægene

    sempiternis gaudiis compotes,

      Hy. S. 123, 9.

  • Tó gehýranne þá gefeán (gaudia) þæs heofonlícan ríces,

      Bd. 4, 2; Sch. 345, 9.
with cause of joy in gen.
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  • Næs hié þǽre fylle gefeán hæfdon,

      B. 562.
  • Ic þæs ealles mæg gefeán habban, 2740.

  • Hæbbe þæs gefeán folca ǽghwylc, þæs þe þú hí on rihtum rǽdum démest,

      Ps. Th. 66, 4.
joyous action
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  • Gefeá

    tripudium,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 5.

  • Gefeáne

    tripudio, i. gaudio,

      Hpt. Gl. 404, 52.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. ge-feho gaudium.]
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v. un-gefeá; ge-feón,
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-feá.” 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/47896.

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