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weakened, injured, infirm
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  • Gif nýten byð deád oððe geléwed

    si jumentum mortuum fuerit aut debilitatum,

      Ex. 22, 10, 14.

  • Oð ꝥ se dǽl þæs líchoman þe ádeádode wæs and geléwed tó þǽre ǽrran hǽlo becume,

      Lch. ii. 284, 18.

  • Hé gehǽlde mistlíce gebrocode men, blinde and deáfe and dumbe and mistlíce geléwede,

      Wlfst. 99, 4.

  • Hér syndan þurh synleáwa sáre geléwede tó manege,

      165, 26.
of age, advanced.
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  • Þára ðe gelýfdre yldo (geleófe yldo, v. l.) wǽron

    earum quae aetate provectae erant,

      Bd. 3, 8; Sch. 222, 1.

  • Gelýfdre yldo

    provectioris aetatis,

      4, 24; Sch. 482, 12.
Etymology
[O. Sax. gi-léƀód (of Lazarus 'ulceribus plenus.']
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v. á-léfian,
and cf. ge-lǽw, lǽweo.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-léfed.” 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/48609.

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