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Add: — Gefégað conpingite,
  • Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 43.
of construction, to join the parts of a structure, construct, compact
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  • Þæt fær ( the ark ) wið ýða gewyrc, gefég fæste,

    • Gen. 1310.

  • Gefégde

    compacta, i. conjuncta (delubra),

    • An. Ox. 2254.
of the structure of words or sentences :--
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  • Gif se nama bið geféged of twám ansundum dǽlum,

    if the noun be compounded of two complete parís,

    • Ælfc. Gr. Z. 88, 4.

  • Feáwa coniunctiones beóð gefégede,

    • 266, 10.

  • Mid meterlicum fótum gefégede

    pedibus poeticis compactas, i. coniunctas,

    • An. Ox. 200.
to attach, join
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  • Is se scyld ufan frætwum geféged ofer þæs fugles bæc,

    • Ph. 309.
figurative :--
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  • Ꝥte hiá ðínum gifoega hiá ł ætféla hiá bodum

    ut tuis inhereant preceptis,

    • Rtl. 90, 22.

  • Hé wæs geféged mid ðǽre lufan Godes and monna ǽgðer ge tó ðám hiéhstum ðingum ge tó ðǽm nyðemestum

    compage caritatis summis simul et infimis junctus,

    • Past. 99, 25.
to join in friendship, unite
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  • Þæt gecynd geféhþ and gelímþ ðá friénd tógædere mid untódǽledlicre lufe,

    • Bt. 24, 3;
    • F. 84, 1.
to constrain, confine
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  • Geféged

    arta,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 65.

  • Þætte fira gehwylc on his hringe bið fæste geféged,

    • Wal. 41.
to square, adapt
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  • Gefégan

    quadrare,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 21.

  • Ðá stánas wǽron suá wel gefégede and suá emne gesnidene and gesméðde, ǽr hié mon tó ðǽm stede bróhte ðe hié on standan scoldon,

    • Past. 253, 14.
Etymology
[
O. H. Gen. ge-fuogen conjungere, copulare, conglutinare, coaptare.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-fégan.” 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/47909.

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