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Substitute:
performance, act of performing
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  • Þæt hé ús þurh his gife gefultumige tó geláste his geboda,

      R. Ben. 5, 4.
a performance, what is performed as an obligation,
a vow. Cf. gelǽstan;
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  • Þé bið ágolden gelást tibi reddetur uotum, Ps. Rdr. 64, 2: Bl. Gl. Ic ágylde þé gelást míne

    reddam tibi uota mea,

      Ps. Rdr. 65, 13.
what is paid as a due, a (fixed)
contribution. Cf. ge-lǽstan,
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  • Ꝥ ǽlc gelást forðcume þára þe wé ealle gecweden habbað . . . be .xxx. pæñ oþþe be ánum hrýðere,

      Ll. Th. i. 232, 5.

  • Wé cwǽdon ꝥ úre ǽlc scute .iiii. pæng̃ . . . Wé tellan .x. menn tógædere, and se yldesta bewiste þá nigene tó ǽlcum geláste þára þe wé ealle gecwǽdon,

      220, 15-23.
Etymology
[Cf. O. Sax. gi-lésti a deed.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-lást.” 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/48574.

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