ge-fón
- verb [ contracted ]
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Hwylce wildeór swýþost geféhst þú? Ic gefeó heortas. Coll. M. 21, 29 Mænige gefóþ (
capiunt) hwælas, 25, l. Hú geféncge hú hig? Heortas ic gefénge (-fengc? cepi )
on nettum and bár ic ofslóh,- 22, 9-11.
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Þá fixas þe gé geféngon (
prendistis
),- Jn. 21, 10.
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Gefóh fox,
- Lch. ii. 104, 12.
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Þe gehuntian and gefón mid þám nettum mínre mildheortnysse, Hml. S. 30, 49. (l a) fig. to catch, entrap a person :-- Þte hiá geféngo, (gefinge, R.) hine in word
ut caperent eum in sermone,
- Mt. L. 22, 15.
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Gif ic míne fiðeru gefó
si sumsero pennas meas,
- Ps. Th. 138, 7.
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Ic on ofoste geféng micle mid mundum mægenbyrðenne hordgestreóna, hider út ætbær cyninge mínum,
- B. 3090.
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Hé geféng fetelhilt hreóh and heorogrim,
- 1563, Hond rond geféng, 2609.
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Hiá geféngon léhtfat
acceptis lampadibus,
- Mt. L. 25, 3. (2 a) with abstract object :-- Þú
- Þis is ealdordóm uncres gewinnes on fruman gefongen (v. ealdordóm;
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Hé geféng slǽpende rinc,
- B. 740.
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Ðá óðero geféngon (
tenuerunt
) ðegnas his and ofslógun,- Mt. L. 22, 6.
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Geféngon ł wæs gefóen hine
apprehensum eum,
- 21, 39.
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Mið ðý gefóen wéron ðegnas his apprehensis servis ejus, 21, 35. (2 b β)
to seize
in a struggle :-- Gráp þá tógeánes, gúðrinc geféng atolan clommum,- B. 1501.
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Geféng be eaxle Gúðgeáta leód Grendles módor, 1537. (2 c) in a legal sense, to arrest, apprehend, take :-- Ðe aldormonn and embehtmenn geféngon (giféngun, R.) ðone Hǽlend
tribunus et ministri comprehenderunt Iesum,
- Jn. L. 18, 12.
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Gif hwá on cyninges healle gefeohte . . . and hine man gefó,
- Ll. Th. i. 66, 9.
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Bebudan Rómáne þæt mon Hannibal gefénge,
- Ors. 4, II ; S. 204, 26.
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Þte geféngo (giféngun,
R. , appraehendant)
hine,- Jn. II, 57.
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Þá smeádon hí ꝥ hí geféngon hine
quaerebant eum tenere.
- Mk. 12, 12.
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Swá swá tó ánum sceaðan gé férdon mid swurdon mé gefón (tó gefóanne, L., comprehendere), 14. 48. (2 d) to take in war, capture :-- Hé geeóde Agrigentum þá burg, and geféng
(cepit)
Hannonam heora látteów,- Ors. 4, 10; S. 196, 33.
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Hé gefeaht wiþ .vii. sciphlæstas, and hiera án geféng, and þá óþru gefliémde,
- Chr. 875 ; P. 74, 6.
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Hí .ix. scipu geféngun,
- 851; P. 64, 15 : 897; P. 90, 26.
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Hó geféngun Praen and gebundenne hine on Mierce lǽddon,
- 796; P. 56, 8.
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Þǽr wearið Orithia gefangen (
capta
),- Ors. 10 ; S. 48, I : 4, 11 ; S. 208, 18.
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Þǽr wæs Hasterbal ofslagen . . . and VM his heres gefangen,
- 4, 10 ; S. 198, 29: 4, ll ; S. 204, 18.
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Se here gewende tó scipon mid þám þingum þe hí gefangen hæfdon,
- Chr. 1016; P. 153, 7.
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Fela wurdon ofslægen and eác gefangene, 1079 ; P. 214, 30. (ε) to receive, accept :-- Hié geféngon mearde hiora
receperunt mercedem suam,
- Mt. L. 6, 2.
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Mið ðý geféngon
accipientes,
- 20, 11.
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Hiá gefóen hæfdon feh
accepta pecunia,
- 28, 15.
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Sárge gé ne sóhton, ne him swǽslic word frófre gesprǽcon, þæt hý þý freóran hyge móde geféngen,
- Cri. 1513.
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Geféng
(assumpsit)
hine dióbul in hálig ceastra,- Mt. L. 4, 5.
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Gif mon on cirliscre fǽmnan breóst gefó,
- LI. Th. i. 68, 14.
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Gif hwá on nunnan hrægl oþþe on hire breóst bútán hire leáfe gefó, 72, 9. II a. fig. to put one's hand to a matter,
make attempt
at :-- Hé hæfde ful oft ǽr on gefangen,- C. D. ii. 113, 12.
- (Goth, ga-fáhan: O. Sax. O.H.Ger. gi-fáhan.)
Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-fón.” 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/47998.
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