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ge-feón

  • verb [ contracted ]
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Wright's OE grammar
§68; §87; §506;
to rejoice.
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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.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-feón.” 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/47923.

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