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ge-lífan

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ge-lífan, to grant, allow.
Take here ge-léfan, ge-lýfan in Dict., and add:
to grant something to a person (dat. )
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  • Gilébdae (-lép-) borg

    verecundiae concesserim vadimonium,

      Txts. 106, 1089.

  • Hé hafað ús gelýfed burh and beágas,

      Exod. 555.

  • Ágefeno ł giléfeno wópum

    indulta fletibus,

      Rtl. 40, 5.
to grant, allow something to be done
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  • Mæht dóende ne geléfes forbeádes

    uirtutem facientes non sinit prohiberi,

      Mk. p. 4, 9.
with infin.
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  • Hé ne walde geléfa ðerhdelfa hús his

    non sineret perfodi domum suam,

      Mt. L. 24, 43.

  • Is geléfed on symbeldæge gelécnia

    licet sabbato curare?,

      Lk. L. R. 14, 3.
with gerundial infin.
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  • Is geléfed tó seallane geafel?,

      Mk. L. R. 12, 14: Lk. L. R. 13, 14.
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  • Giléf ꝥte úsig ne giberne lég

    concede ut nos non exurat flamma,

      Rtl. 100, 22.

  • On ðǽm dagum is geléfed tó wyrcanne ł ꝥ gié wyrce,

      Lk. L. 13, 14.
to allow a person (dat.) to do something, allow something to be done by a person (dat. ).
with infin.
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  • Geléf mé geonga

    permitte mihi ire,

      Lk. L. 9, 59.

  • Ꝥte geléfde him ingeonga,

      8, 32.

  • Geléfde him fara

    dimitteret,

      Mt. L. 14, 22.

  • Gif is geléfed were ꝥ wíf forleta,

      Mk. L. 10, 2.
with gerundial infin.
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  • Ðá néron geléfed (-lǽfed, R.) him tó gebrúcanne

    quos non licebat ei edere,

      Mt. L. 12, 4.

  • Ne is giléfed ðé tó habbanne láfe bróðer ðínes,

      Mk. R. L. 6, 18: Lk. L. 6, 4.
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  • Ne is geléfed ðé ꝥ ðú geniomæ beer ðín, Jn. 5, 10. III a. to give permission to a person (dat.) :-- Bédon hine ðá gaastas . . . and geléfde him (concessit eis), Mk. L. R. 5, 13: Lk. L. 8, 32. III b. absolute,

    to give permission

    :-- Hé bædd ðone gróefa ꝥte genóme líchoma: and geléfde ðe groefa,
      Jn. L. R. 19, 38.
to allow a person (acc. ) to do something
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  • Ne geléfde ðá gesprecca

    non sinebat ea (daemouia) loqui,

      Lk. L. 4, 41: p. 5, 20.

  • Ðá . . . giblinna giléf

    quos . . . cessare concede,

      Rtl. 16, 27.
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v. un-gelífed.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-lífan.” 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/48664.

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