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ge-feón

  • verb [ contracted ]
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Grammar
ge-feón, to rejoice.
Wright's OE grammar
§68; §87; §506;
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  • Ic gefeoge

    gaudebo,

      Ps. Rdr. 74, 10.
  • Alle gefióð (gefeagaþ, Ps. L.)

    omnes exultabunl,

      Ps. Srt. 5, 12.
  • Gefiáð (gefeogaþ,

      Ps. L.) bán, 50, 10.
  • Gefeádon (gifeádun. R.) ł gefeánde

    gaudentes,

      Lk. L. 19, 37 : Jn. L. 20, 20.
  • Gefæg wel (geblissa, W. S.)

    euge

    ,
      Lk. L. 19, 17.
  • Gefeagaþ

    exultate,

      Ps. L. 2, 11.
  • Gefeogað gaudete, gefeogiað

    jubilate,

      Bl. Gl.
    Heó wæs swíþe gefeónde and swíðe blissigende, Bl. H. 139, 7.
  • Gefeánde,

      Gr. D. 69, 17.
  • Gefeónde móde

    gaudente anima,

      Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 489, 15.
  • Gié biðon gifeád

    gauderetis,

      Jn. L. 14, 28.
where the cause or occasion of rejoicing is given,
in gen.
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  • Seó módor þæs gefeah ꝥ . . . , Gr. D. 69, 13 note. Þæt míne fýnd ne gefeón mínes ungelimpes

    ut non supergaudeant mihi inimici met,

      Ps. Th. 34, 23.
in dat. (inst. )
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  • Seó wamb gefihð dríum mettum . . . gefihð wǽtum mettum,

      Lch. ii. 220, 18, 21.
  • Hé nihtweorce gefeah, ellenmǽrðum,

      B. 827.
  • Hí gefégon burhweardes cyme,

      An. 659.
with prep.
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  • Fore ðissum gefiht

    (exultavit)

    tunge mín,
      Ps. Srt. 15, 9.
  • Ðǽt mód gefihð on his yfelum,

      Past. 417, 2.
  • Gefehð (gefyhð, v.l.), Mart. H. 84, 3. (On þám ic) gefag

    (in quo) conplacui,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 71, 68.
  • Se his gingra gefeah for þæs feóndes deáþe,

      Gr. D. 120, 8 note. Gefeáde (Gefiehde, Ps. Rdr.), Ps. L. 15, 9.
  • Ealle men on ꝥ gefégon, hwylc wundur geworden wæs,

      Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 366, 4.
  • Þ þú gefeó in þæm fromscipe mínes lífes,

      Nar. 32, 30.
  • Ne wæs hé forlǽten ꝥ hé ofer him deádum gefége,

      Bd. I. 7; Sch. 26, 3.
  • Þæt nǽfre míne fynd ne gefǽgen æfter mé

    ne quando supergaudeant in me inimici mei,

    Psi
      Th. 37, 16.
  • Ofer hine deádne gefeón

    super eum mortuum gaudere.

      Gr. D. 294, 21.
  • Of noma mið áwrittne gefeá

    de nominum scribtione gaudere, Lk.

    p.
      6, 17.
  • His mód wæs gefeónde on Drihten,

      Bl. H. 227, 9.
  • On óþres góde gefeónde,

      75, 20.
  • Gefeónde for ðǽre andsware,

      207, 8: Past. 213, 13.
by gerundial infin.
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  • Gefaeh swé swé gigent tó earnenne on weg. Ps. Srt. 18, 6.
Etymology
[O.H.Ger. ge-fehan gaudere.]
Similar entries
v. efen-gefeón; ge-fægen.
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